Question

Who firstly used the term ‘demography’?

• A. Darwin
• B. Miller
• C. Guillard
• D. Louis Pasteur

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Guillard

• The term ‘demography’ was first used by Achille Guillard in 1855.

• It is the study of quantitative and statistical (deaths, births, income, incidences of various diseases) aspects of the human population.

• It is useful for bio-anthropological investigations.