Demografisen

Demografisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective demografinen, meaning “demographic.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, and demografinen takes the form demografisen when the noun is in the genitive. The term is used to describe population-related characteristics, processes, or data.

The core sense of demografinen is related to the composition, structure, and distribution of populations. This includes factors such as age and sex structure, income, education, fertility, mortality, and migration. In practice, demografinen is widely used across social sciences, statistics, urban planning, and market research to qualify data, trends, and analyses concerning people.

Common uses include phrases such as demografisen tutkimuksen tulokset (the results of the demographic study), demografisen kehityksen suunnat (the directions of demographic development), and demografisen jakauman piirteet (the features of the demographic distribution). The term frequently appears in compound expressions like demografinen profilointi, demografinen analyysi, or demografinen data, depending on context.

As a concept, demografinen underpins demography, the scientific study of populations—their size, structure, and changes over time, driven by birth rates, death rates, and migration. Etymologically, it derives from the Greek words demos, meaning “people,” and graphia, meaning “description.” See also demography and väestötiede.