Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Social Scale

Polity Population

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
281
(British Empire II)
1900 CE
400000000
400000000
None
282
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1910 CE
101146530
101146530
None
283
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1910 CE
51390000
51390000
None
284
(Ottoman Empire IV)
1914 CE
16128361
16128361
1914 Ottoman census [Karpat 1985]
285
(Early United Mexican States)
1920 CE
14900000
14900000
None
286
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1920 CE
117823165
117823165
None
287
(British Empire II)
1922 CE
458000000
458000000
None
288
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
1930 CE
137008435
137008435
None
289
(British Empire II)
1938 CE
531000000
531000000
None
290
(Soviet Union)
1939 CE 1959 CE
147027915
170557093
None
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