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
401
(Wei Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Wei Kingdom is assumed.
[220, 265]
5370000
5370000
People.
"Wei controlled the heartlands of China and some seventy per cent of the formerly registered population." [de_Crespigny 2004, p. 24] "Wei in the north was by far the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, with roughly 60 per cent of the total population". [Peers 1995, p. 18]
402
(Yehuda)
Full Year Range of Yehuda is assumed.
[-141, -63]
None
None
None
403
(Kievan Rus)
Full Year Range of Kievan Rus is assumed.
[880, 1242]
None
None
None
404
(Avar Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Avar Khaganate is assumed.
[586, 822]
None
None
None
405
(Crimean Khanate)
Full Year Range of Crimean Khanate is assumed.
[1440, 1783]
None
None
None
406
(Kazan Khanate)
Full Year Range of Kazan Khanate is assumed.
[1438, 1552]
None
None
None
407
(Kingdom of Congo)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Congo is assumed.
[1491, 1568]
550000
550000
None
408
(Later Qin Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Later Qin Kingdom is assumed.
[386, 417]
None
None
None
409
(Later Yan Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Later Yan Kingdom is assumed.
[385, 409]
None
None
None
410
(Makuria Kingdom I)
Full Year Range of Makuria Kingdom I is assumed.
[568, 618]
100000
150000
None
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