Statistics and demography are cognate disciplines. Not only do they share historical roots of systematically collecting data on people and their economic activities for the state, ultimately leading to the term ‘statistics’, but also important methodological achievements are regarded as cornerstones in both domains. The concept of a life table, as published by John Graunt in the Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of Mortality in 1662, undoubtedly is the most important example. Not surprisingly, a considerable number of scholars have contributed to both disciplines with their research since then. With the development of ‘modern statistics’ during the 20th century the historically close ties loosened but never broke up. This special issue collects five papers that demonstrate the ongoing cross-fertilization of the two disciplines.

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客座社论：人口统计统计

统计和人口统计学是同类学科。它们不仅共享系统地收集有关国家及其人民的经济活动的数据的历史渊源，最终导致了“统计”这一术语，而且重要的方法学成就也被视为这两个领域的基石。生命表的概念，由约翰·格伦特（John Graunt）在《死亡率法》的自然和政治观察中发表在1662年，无疑是最重要的例子。自那时以来，不足为奇的是，相当多的学者为他们的研究贡献了这两个学科。随着20世纪“现代统计”的发展，历史上的紧密联系开始松动，但从未破裂。本期特刊收集了五篇论文，论证了这两个学科之间的交叉应用。