Where a demographer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a demographer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Demographers study a variety of parameters related with population. They develop, based on their observations, statistical analyses on the evolutions and changes of births, elderly, marriage and divorce, employment, mortality, immigration and related matters.
Also known as demographers, demography studies scientist, demography scholar, demography scientist, demography studies research scientist, demography analyst, demography researcher, demography studies analyst, demography studies research analyst, demography science researcher, demography research scientist, demography studies researcher.
Professionals 64 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: seismologist, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A demographer needs 44 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- forecast human population trends information skills
- study human population information skills
- demography social sciences, journalism and information
- empirical analysis generic programmes and qualifications
- use data processing techniques working with computers
- digital data processing working with computers
- research design generic programmes and qualifications
- geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- scientific literature generic programmes and qualifications
- apply statistical analysis techniques information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a demographer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- geographer 80% covered · difficulty 32
- sociologist 79% covered · difficulty 33.1
- university research assistant 79% covered · difficulty 33.7
- behavioural scientist 78% covered · difficulty 34.4
- criminologist 78% covered · difficulty 34.6
- mathematician 77% covered · difficulty 35.5
- economist 75% covered · difficulty 37.2
- geologist 75% covered · difficulty 38.1
- seismologist 75% covered · difficulty 38.1
- biometrician 74% covered · difficulty 38.8
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Demographer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a demographer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.