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Demographics of Zambia
Demographics of Zambia tracks the population of the Southern African nation. It is characterized by rapid growth and a young age structure, with 41 percent of people aged 0 to 14.
Demographics of Zimbabwe
The demographics of Zimbabwe cover the country's population, which the 2022 census counted at 15,178,979, up 16.2 percent from 2012, with a young median age of 17.8 years.
Demography
Demography, also called population studies, is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition, and distribution, shaped by fertility, mortality, and migration, using census, survey, and vital registration data and methods from life tables to projections.
Demography of the Netherlands
Demography of the Netherlands: Dutch population statistics, 17.8-18 million inhabitants, growth driven 97% by migration, ageing population, and CBS census history and forecasts.
Demography of the Roman Empire
Demography of the Roman Empire: scholarly reconstruction of the empire's population, from Beloch's 54 million Augustan estimate and Scheidel's 59-72 million peak in 164 CE to urbanization, mortality, and census evidence.
DeMolay International
DeMolay International, originally the Order of DeMolay, is a Masonic-sponsored fraternal youth organization for young men ages 12-21, founded in 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri by Frank S. Land and named for Jacques DeMolay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar.
Demolished and converted theatres in provincial Britain and Ireland
The demolished and converted theaters of provincial Britain and Ireland range from civic rescue, as at Stockton's Georgian Theatre, to demolition, as at Oldham's Grand Theatre in 2025.
Demolition
Demolition, also known as razing, is the dismantling or wrecking of a building or structure. It is among construction's most dangerous work and generated over 90 percent of US construction waste in 2018.
Demolition (2015 film)
Demolition is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a banker who unravels after his wife dies in a car crash.
Demolition (professional wrestling)
Demolition: WWF (WWE) tag team of Ax (Bill Eadie), Smash (Barry Darsow), later Crush (Brian Adams); three-time WWF World Tag Team Champions with a record 478-day first reign, 698 combined days, WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Demolition Lovers
Demolition Lovers: closing track (6:06) of My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Eyeball Records; outlaw lovers gunned down in the desert, story continued on Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
Demolition Man (film)
Demolition Man is a 1993 Warner Bros. sci-fi action comedy directed by Marco Brambilla, starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock; a cop frozen in 1996 is thawed in 2032 San Angeles, a satirical utopia inspired by Brave New World.
Demolition of al-Baqi
Demolition of al-Baqi (Jannat al-Baqi, Baqi al-Gharqad) refers to the 1806 and 1925/1926 destruction of Medina's historic cemetery by Wahhabi-Saudi forces under Ibn Saud, removing tombs of four Shia Imams and the Prophet's family.
Demolition of the Babri Masjid
Demolition of the Babri Masjid, also called the Ayodhya demolition: destruction of the 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya by Hindu kar sevaks on 6 December 1992, causing riots killing over 2,000 people, the Liberhan inquiry, the 2019 Supreme Court title verdict, and the 2020 acquittal of all 32 accused.
Demolition of the Jannat al-Mu'alla tombs
Demolition of the Jannat al-Mu'alla tombs (جنة المعلى): 1925-1926 Wahhabi Ikhwan destruction of about 75 domed tombs at Mecca's oldest cemetery, including Khadijah's tomb, under Ibn Saud, alongside Jannat al-Baqi.
Demolition of the Kashi Vishwanath temple
The demolition of the Kashi Vishwanath temple (काशी विश्वनाथ मंदिर विध्वंस) was Aurangzeb's 1669 destruction of the Vishwanath temple at Varanasi, on whose site the Gyanvapi mosque was built.
Demon
A demon is a suprahuman spiritual being that interacts with humans, conceived as evil in Jewish and Christian tradition but as good, evil, or changeable in the Greek tradition.
Demon 79
Demon 79 is the fifth and final episode of Black Mirror series six, released 15 June 2023, a supernatural horror story labeled a Red Mirror film. Set in 1979, it follows Nida Huq (Anjana Vasan), told by demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu) to make three human sacrifices to prevent a nuclear apocalypse.
Demon Book case (Yaoli case)
The Demon Book case (妖书案) was a 1603 Ming dynasty political persecution case sparked by an anonymous pamphlet on the imperial succession, ending with Jiao Shengguang's execution.
Demon City (film)
Demon City (鬼ゴロシ, Oni Goroshi) is a 2025 Japanese Netflix action film directed by Seiji Tanaka, adapted from Masamichi Kawabe's manga, starring Toma Ikuta as hitman Shuhei Sakata in a revenge story set in Shinjo City.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's 2022 Harper novel, retells Dickens's David Copperfield in Appalachian Virginia during the opioid crisis, following Damon Fields through foster care and addiction; it won the shared 2023 Pulitzer Prize and the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Demon core
The demon core was a 6.2 kg plutonium sphere at Los Alamos that killed physicists Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin in criticality accidents in 1945 and 1946.
Demon Days
Demon Days is the second studio album by virtual band Gorillaz, released 11 May 2005, produced by Danger Mouse with Damon Albarn, featuring De La Soul, MF Doom, Shaun Ryder, and Dennis Hopper; Metacritic score 82.
Demon Girl (半妖倾城)
Demon Girl (半妖倾城, Ban Yao Qing Cheng) is a 2016 Mango TV Chinese fantasy romance web drama written by Yu Zheng, adapted from Mo Bai Qian Jiu's novel, starring Li Yitong and Zhang Zhehan as half-demon Nie Qingcheng and Ming Xia; two 20-episode seasons, over 1.5 billion views.
Demon House
Demon House (2018) is a documentary horror film directed by Zak Bagans about the Ammons haunting case in Gary, Indiana; he bought and demolished the Carolina Street house, and critics gave it mixed reviews.
Demon Hunter (band)
Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle formed in 2000 by brothers Ryan and Don Clark of Training for Utopia. Twelve albums on Solid State Records, Billboard 200 charting, and a 2026 trademark suit against Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters.
Demon King Daimao
Demon King Daimao (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou) is a Japanese light novel series by Shōtarō Mizuki, published by Hobby Japan, following a student predicted to become the Demon King.
Demon Knight
Demon Knight is a 1995 horror comedy directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and it is the first feature film spun off from the HBO series Tales from the Crypt.
Demon Lord, Retry! (魔王様、リトライ！)
Demon Lord, Retry! (魔王様、リトライ！, Maō-sama, Ritorai) is a Kurone Kanzaki isekai light novel begun on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2016, published by Futabasha, with manga by Amaru Minotake and 2019 and 2024 anime adaptations.
Demon Pond
Demon Pond (Yashagaike, 夜叉ヶ池) is a 1913 fantasy play by the Japanese writer Izumi Kyoka, set around a mountain lake in Echizen whose dragon god must be kept from flooding the village.