diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsViewsResult.php b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsViewsResult.php
index ef0db9775e..3b9247073a 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsViewsResult.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/src/StatisticsViewsResult.php
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class StatisticsViewsResult {
   protected $timestamp;
 
   public function __construct($total_count, $day_count, $timestamp) {
-    $this->totalCount = $total_count;
-    $this->dayCount = $day_count;
-    $this->timestamp = $timestamp;
+    $this->totalCount = (int) $total_count;
+    $this->dayCount = (int) $day_count;
+    $this->timestamp = (int) $timestamp;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
index 09565aefae..8ac0014761 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Functional/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function testLogging() {
     $post = ['nid' => $this->node->id()];
     $this->client->post($base_root . $stats_path, ['form_params' => $post]);
     $node_counter = statistics_get($this->node->id());
-    $this->assertIdentical($node_counter['totalcount'], '1');
+    $this->assertIdentical($node_counter['totalcount'], 1);
 
     // Try fetching statistics for an invalid node ID and verify it returns
     // FALSE.
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Unit/StatisticsViewsResultTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Unit/StatisticsViewsResultTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..662f36eda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/tests/src/Unit/StatisticsViewsResultTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\statistics\Unit;
+
+use Drupal\statistics\StatisticsViewsResult;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\statistics\StatisticsViewsResult
+ * @group statistics
+ */
+class StatisticsViewsResultTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * Tests migration of node counter.
+   *
+   * @covers ::__construct
+   *
+   * @dataProvider providerTestStatisticsCount
+   */
+  public function testStatisticsCount($total_count, $day_count, $timestamp) {
+    $this->assertNodeCounter($total_count, $day_count, $timestamp);
+  }
+
+  public function providerTestStatisticsCount() {
+    return [
+      [2, 0, 1421727536],
+      [1, 0, 1471428059],
+      [1, 1, 1478755275],
+      ['1', '1', '1478755275'],
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asserts various aspects of a node counter.
+   *
+   * @param int|string $total_count
+   *   The expected total count.
+   * @param int|string $day_count
+   *   The expected day count.
+   * @param int|string $timestamp
+   *   The expected timestamp.
+   */
+  protected function assertNodeCounter($total_count, $day_count, $timestamp) {
+    $statistics = new StatisticsViewsResult($total_count, $day_count, $timestamp);
+    $this->assertSame((int) $total_count, $statistics->getTotalCount());
+    $this->assertSame((int) $day_count, $statistics->getDayCount());
+    $this->assertSame((int) $timestamp, $statistics->getTimestamp());
+  }
+
+}