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
221
(Antebellum US)
1790 CE
3929214
3929214
None
222
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1790 CE
26000000
26000000
None
223
(Late Qing)
1800 CE
295000000
295000000
None
224
(Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period)
1800 CE
60000
180000
None
225
(Early Illinois Confederation)
1800 CE
600
300
None
226
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
1800 CE
28000000
28000000
None
227
(Rattanakosin)
1800 CE
1000000
3000000
None
228
(Papal States - Medieval Period II)
1800 CE
2300000
2300000
None
229
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1800 CE 1860 CE
35500000
74100000
None
230
(Foys)
1800 CE 1890 CE
200000
214000
None
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