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Furthermore, I don't know where that quote came from, but it was said here that about half the forces in Pelennor were orcs (the rest thus being men).~Farael
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Well there is no one single quote that will state that, but taking from various quotes from Pelennor Fields, it seems like a pretty even Men to Orc ratio.
The total number tends to range from 45,000 to 60,000...this was not Sauron's largest army. His largest was at the Black Gates, and being "10 times and more than 10 times" larger than the 7,000 from Aragorn. The most consistent numbers I have seen is from 70,000 to 80,000, but if someone wants to argue the force was larger, go for it.
But, currently that means, at Minas Tirith the low estimate is 45,000 and it can't be greater than 70,000.
We know 18,000 of them were Easterlings, because the Easterling's thrice outnumbered the Rohirrim had at the start, which was 6,000.
There are an unnumbered amount of "reserves" that Gothmog throws into the battle, but all of them were men:
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He now was destroyed; but Gothmog the lieutenant of Morgul had flung them into the fray; Easterlings with axes, and Variags of Khand, Southrons in scarlet, and out of Far Harad black men like half-trolls with white eyes and red tongues.~Battle of Pelennor Fields
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Whether these were just a couple thousand, or tens of thousands, I think it certainly evens the Orc to human ratio, if not showing that Men comprised the majority of Sauron's army that he attacked Minas Tirith with.