Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

Talking about social scale, polity population is the estimated population of the polity; can change as a result of both adding/losing new territories or by population growth/decline within a region   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
polity_population_from The lower range of polity population for a polity.
polity_population_to The upper range of polity population for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Polity Population from Polity Population to Description   Edit
201
(Foys)
1600 CE 1699 CE
None
None
None
202
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
1601 CE
4100000
4100000
None
203
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
1603 CE
22000000
22000000
None
204
(French Kingdom - Early Bourbon)
1650 CE
21000000
21000000
None
205
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
1650 CE
25000000
25000000
None
206
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1678 CE 1720 CE
11000000
15500000
None
207
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
1685 CE
21800000
21800000
None
208
(Papal States - Medieval Period II)
1700 CE
1900000
1900000
None
209
(Early Illinois Confederation)
1700 CE
8000
12000
None
210
(Khanate of Bukhara)
1700 CE
600000
1400000
None
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