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
51
(Satavahana Empire)
101 CE 203 CE
8000000
9000000
None
52
(Eastern Han Empire)
105 CE
53256219
53256219
None
53
(Eastern Han Empire)
125 CE
48690789
48690789
None
54
(Eastern Han Empire)
126 CE 141 CE
48000000
53869588
None
55
(Eastern Han Empire)
142 CE 144 CE
49150220
49730550
None
56
(Eastern Han Empire)
146 CE
47556772
47556772
None
57
(Eastern Han Empire)
156 CE
50066856
50066856
None
58
(Eastern Han Empire)
157 CE
56486856
56486856
None
59
(Parthian Empire II)
200 CE
5000000
5000000
None
60
(Kushan Empire)
200 CE
14000000
15000000
None
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