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
61
(Eastern Han Empire)
146 CE
47556772
47556772
None
62
(Eastern Han Empire)
156 CE
50066856
50066856
None
63
(Eastern Han Empire)
157 CE
56486856
56486856
None
64
(Satavahana Empire)
200 CE
8500000
9500000
None
65
(Roman Empire - Principate)
200 CE
55000000
70000000
None
66
(Kushan Empire)
200 CE
14000000
15000000
None
67
(Parthian Empire II)
200 CE
5000000
5000000
None
68
(Kansai - Kofun Period)
250 CE 400 CE
150000
200000
None
69
(Western Jin)
280 CE
16163863
16163863
None
70
(Roman Empire - Dominate)
300 CE
40000000
70000000
None
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