| Main Entry: | demography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of human population |
Synonyms: |
anthropology, census-taking, population analysis, population density, population growth, population size, population studies, population vital statistics |
| Main Entry: | census |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head count |
Synonyms: |
demographics, demography, enumeration, poll, population tally, statistics, stats |
| Notes: | a census is an official, periodic, count of the population; a consensus is an agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| Main Entry: | census-taking |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | population study |
Synonyms: |
demography, head counting |
| Main Entry: | statistics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enumeration |
Synonyms: |
census, data, demography, figures, stats |