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
(Eastern Han Empire)
75 CE
34125021
34125021
None
52
(Eastern Han Empire)
88 CE
43356367
43356367
None
53
(Parthian Empire II)
100 CE
4750000
4750000
None
54
(Kushan Empire)
100 CE
12500000
13500000
None
55
(Roman Empire - Principate)
100 CE
50000000
60000000
None
56
(Satavahana Empire)
101 CE 203 CE
8000000
9000000
None
57
(Eastern Han Empire)
105 CE
53256219
53256219
None
58
(Eastern Han Empire)
125 CE
48690789
48690789
None
59
(Eastern Han Empire)
126 CE 141 CE
48000000
53869588
None
60
(Eastern Han Empire)
142 CE 144 CE
49150220
49730550
None
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