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
211
(Mughal Empire)
1700 CE
110000000
150000000
None
212
(Khanate of Bukhara)
1700 CE
600000
1400000
None
213
(Early Qing)
1700 CE
100000000
140000000
None
214
(British Empire I)
1700 CE
5470000
5470000
None
215
(Foys)
1700 CE 1800 CE
136000
214000
None
216
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
1715 CE
23400000
23400000
None
217
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
1745 CE
25300000
25300000
None
218
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
1750 CE
29000000
29000000
None
219
(Spanish Empire II)
1787 CE
10318000
None
None
220
(French Kingdom - Late Bourbon)
1789 CE
28500000
28500000
None
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