The population in Middle Earth

Originally Posted by goldfinger

You guys should try looking at it from a different angle.

The whole point of a thread such as this is to learn new things off each other. But even still, we are talking about a whole world, which is forever in fear of the darkness of Mordor & beyond. With this in mind, it is valid to question why the population is so low across Middle Earth for all races. A greater danger to the world requires a greater presence of people to defend their countries, by whatever means. Minas Tirith, for example, is the greatest city in Middle Earth (arguably), yet it is tiny!