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..
While basic demographic studies, such as censuses, were conducted in the ancient world as far back as 6,000 years ago, demographers as we know them, such as John Graunt from the United Kingdom, came about in the 16th century
The earliest statistical studies were concerned mostly with mortality (how many people died and at what age)
While basic demographic studies, such as censuses, were conducted in the ancient world as far back as 6,000 years ago, demographers as we know them, such as John Graunt from the United Kingdom, came about in the 16 th century. The earliest statistical studies were concerned mostly with mortality (how many people died and at what age).
Demographic ideas can be traced back to antiquity, but it is generally accepted that demography originated in the middle of the 17th century with the English statistician, John Graunt (1620–74), and his primitive life tables, which were the first attempt to examine statistical regularities inherent within the numbers …The term demography was irst used in 1855 by the Belgian statistician Achille Guillard in his book Elements of Human Statistics or Comparative Demography (Borrie, 1973: 75; Rowland, 2003: 16).