 On 18 April 1950 the society decided to expand its fields of interest also to economics and obtained its current name.In 1950 the society's journal was renamed accordingly to "Rivista italiana di economia demografia e statistica".During the first meeting of the society, held at Istat (Rome, 28–29 May 1939), Livi underlined that at that time there were already 16 statistical societies in Europe as well as in North America, Argentina, Brazil, India, China, and Japan.