Nathan Keyfitz

Nathan Keyfitz FRSC FRSS (June 29, 1913 – April 6, 2010) was a Canadian demographer, a pioneer of mathematical demography.

Professional career Keyfitz studied at McGill University, graduating with a B.S. in mathematics in 1934. and won the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in 1991.

In June 2013, a symposium on mathematical demography was held in honor of the centennial of his birth.

Books Introduction to the Mathematics of Population (Addison-Wesley, 1968). . World Population: An Analysis of Vital Data (with Wilhelm Flieger, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1968). . Population: Facts and Methods of Demography (with Wilhelm Flieger, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1971) Applied Mathematical Demography (Springer-Verlag, 1977) Population Change and Social Policy (Abt Books, 1982) World Population Growth and Aging: Demographic Trends in the Late Twentieth Century (with Wilhelm Flieger, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1990)

Personal Keyfitz's daughter, Barbara Keyfitz, is a notable mathematician.