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
261
(Early United Mexican States)
1920 CE
14900000
14900000
None
262
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1920 CE
117823165
117823165
None
263
(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)
1922 CE
458000000
458000000
None
264
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1930 CE
137008435
137008435
None
265
(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)
1938 CE
531000000
531000000
None
266
(Soviet Union)
1939 CE 1959 CE
147027915
170557093
None
267
(Chuuk - Late Truk)
1947 CE
9200
9200
None
268
(Soviet Union)
1959 CE 1970 CE
170557093
208826650
None
269
(Soviet Union)
1970 CE 1979 CE
208826650
241720134
None
270
(Soviet Union)
1970 CE 1989 CE
241720134
262084654
None
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