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This chap did some calculations which I find pretty reasonable, putting Gondor's population at around 1-2 million. That's a large population for Middle-Earth, as most of the continent is sparsely populated.

http://www.stephenwigmore.com/2012/08/populations-of-middle-earth-lord-of.html