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
241
(Rattanakosin)
1850 CE
4000000
5000000
None
242
(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
1860 CE
69800
69800
None
243
(Antebellum US)
1860 CE
31443321
31443321
None
244
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
1860 CE 1897 CE
74100000
125640021
None
245
(Napoleonic France)
1870 CE
36000000
36000000
None
246
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1870 CE
38558371
38558371
None
247
(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)
1872 CE
56897
56897
None
248
(Ashanti Empire)
1874 CE
3000000
3000000
None
249
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1880 CE
50155789
50155789
None
250
(Early United Mexican States)
1880 CE
10399000
10399000
None
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