Gondor: Population and Casualties

[Reginald Hill]

Woops! I forgot about the riders that Theoden left in Dunharrow. As for the math it is hard for me to contemplate how big any of these countries were. I always thought that the Riders of Rohan were just a militia themselves and that they wouldn't need so many people to support them. I know that there were some knights at the Battle of Pellenor Fields, but I think that they would be more of an honorary guard for the king. Also, basing the population on the size of a country isn't reliable because we know that The Wold, which is a large portion in the north, held nearly nobody. I would guess that the Eastemnet would have a small population too. Most of the country were plains and most of the population lived near the mountains if I am not mistaken. Maybe someone with a better sense of numbers could try again with the info we know about from Rohan. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]