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
231
(Qajar)
1800 CE 1900 CE
6000000
10000000
None
232
(British Empire I)
1811 CE
61157433
61157433
None
233
(British Empire II)
1814 CE
107500000
107500000
None
234
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1815 CE
30000000
30000000
None
235
(Early United Mexican States)
1820 CE
6587000
6587000
None
236
(Napoleonic France)
1821 CE
30500000
30500000
None
237
(Antebellum US)
1830 CE
12866020
12866020
None
238
(Napoleonic France)
1846 CE
35400000
35400000
None
239
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1848 CE
34000000
34000000
None
240
(Tokugawa Shogunate)
1850 CE
32000000
32000000
None
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