demographic /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/noun 3adjective 1forms 3 noun3 •A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target. — 2006 •[in the plural] A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender. •An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis. adjective1 •Of or pertaining to demography.Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich." — 2011 formsdemographics · more demographic · most demographic