Definition of knell. 1  transitive verb. : 2  to summon or announce by or as if by a knell. 3  intransitive verb. 4  1 : to ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster : toll. 5  2 : to sound in an ominous manner or with an ominous effect.
For the journal, see Demography (journal) . Demography is the statistical study of populations, including of human beings. As a very general science, it can analyze any kind of dynamic living population, i.e., one that changes over time or space (see population dynamics).
14 Patterns in Human Geography Population density is the measurement of the number of people in a particular area. Imagine all the students in your classroom. Each student has a desk or table to work at and a chair to sit on. Everyone has a comfortable amount of space around him or her to make working or talking easier.