Demographic Statistics

- the oldest type of statistics
- the basic method of demography

Demographic statistics - a specialised activity for the collection and processing of quantitative population data

The object of demographic statistics: the individual (inhabitant)

The focus of demographic statistics: quantifying of demographic events and processes

The content of demographic statistics:
- the number of population (population on 1 January, midyear population, population on 31 December, population on the Census date)
- the structures of population (by sex, age, ethnic nationality, marital status)
- the population flow (marriage, divorce, birth, abortion, death, immigration, emigration)

The content of analytical demographic statistics:
- relative indicators, i.e. crude rates, specific rates, difference rates