Theoretical questions of economic demography

The subject of the article is the development of the theory of economic demography in the world and Russian science. The key issues of this science, the interaction of economic and demographic processes are considered. The basic (root) system of concepts of this paradigm is considered, including the ratio of fertility and mortality, as well as additional systems of concepts related to the behavior of population groups in the marriage and family sphere and in the sphere of migration. The review of the most famous scientific schools in the modern Russian economic demography is made.