By means of a content analysis of International Bibliography of Historical Demography, this study aims to record the récent évolution of research in the field of historical demography, and gives account of its orientations, both in thèmes treated and periods of régions observed. The analysis deals with the years 1979-1984 and is organized in a threefold structure : 1) according to the periods concerned : which shows an outstanding new prédominance of studies on contemporary times ; 2) according to thematic, which seems to reveal a trend towards specialization of the fields of research, with spécial concern for problematic more specifically demographical ; 3) according to geographical areas, which attests the world-wide expansion of historic...