Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25931200-20190125200004/@comment-25931200-20190125235702

69.242.54.218 wrote: Some small corrections on dwarves and elves. The dwarvish population could theoretically exceed 10 million if the dwarves practiced widespread farming and the mountains they lived in were suitable to it (which they may not be we don't know). However we see no evidence of this in the books as most dwarves are shown to be warriors, miners, and craftsmen. If the dwarves practiced farming and lived at such high altitudes they would likely have smaller and weaker bodies. The elves might also have a higher population as farming is a game changer but again nothing in books as far as I'm aware. I was also conservative with the elves because of their pessimistic nature (them being depressed and leaving for the west) and their slow breeding. I'm not sure about how to guesstimate the orcs. Isengard I have no idea, angmar (orcs) 3 million seems good could be more could be less. I don't know about gundabad they cover so much area but their semi-nomadic which typically makes for low population density, take that as you will. Dol gudur is tricky, they're basically a colony of mordor and unlike the woodland realm the environment is really crap. I'd say less than half a million. Mordor is interesting, with how big nurn is and more industry the population is pretty limitless. I'd say 10 - 20 million but it could easily be more. Humans are the most dominant race geographically and although their cites are woefully few in number and stupidly small in the books, realistically they would number easily over 100 million. Btw where did you get that number for the hobbit population cause its super small. I think it was on the Wiki that got it from Tolkien's letters.