Middle Earth Census

[samtyr]

Does anyone know where I can find 'census numbers' ? I need to have at least a rough idea of what they would have been around III 2950 especially for (but not limited to) Rohan and Gondor and in particular their capitals -- Edoras and Minis Tirith.

Or if anyone has any idea of how such things might have been estimated in England/Europe during the the Middle Ages? Even a good ballpark figure would help at this point.

[huinárë]

As far as I can tell, there’s no canonical estimate. If you’ve not already run into these, here’s a couple discussions with varying estimates:
www.lotrplaza.com/archive4/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=22&TopicID=168816&PagePosition=59
greenbooks.theonering.net/questions/files/030101.html#population

If you’re still looking for figures on Mediaeval Europe, this might be useful: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_demography#Early_Middle_Ages

[samtyr]

Oh, thank you so much. That is a big help.