It is, however, generally accepted that demography originated in the middle of the 17th century with the English statistician, John Graunt, as its founder.
It may even be argued that demography has an exact date of birth, 27 February 1662, when Graunt's Observations were first published..
John Graunt, a largely self-educated London draper, can plausibly be regarded as the founding father of demography, epidemiology and vital statistics.Feb 15, 2022.
In its simplest definition, demography is the scientific study of human populations.
According to Landry (1945), the term demography was first used by the Belgian statistician Achille Guillard in his 1855 publication: Eléments de statistique humaine, ou démographie comparée..
Born in London, John Graunt was the eldest of the seven or eight children of Henry and Mary Graunt
Graunt's book Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality (published 1662 Old Style or 1663 New Style) compiled
John Graunt's application of theory to data was one of the first instances of descriptive statistics
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• Stephan, Ed. "John Graunt (1620-1674)". Retrieved 28 July 2014. Includes 1st edition of Observations
National demographics
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