Middle Earth: Selected races in population 2014

This statistic shows the number of characters belonging to particular races inhabiting Middle Earth. Middle Earth is a fictitious world invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for his books "The Lord of the Rings", "The Silmarillion" and "The Hobbit". According to the source, the figures only include those characters which are explicitly mentioned in the books. According to this calculation, at least 246 hobbits live in Middle Earth (and were mentioned in the books).

Middle Earth: Number of characters belonging to particular races, as mentioned in the books, as of 2014

Characteristic	Number of characters mentioned
Men	472
Hobbits	246
Elves	98
Dwarves	52
Ainur	37

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Release date

November 2014

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Worldwide

Survey time period

as of 2014

Supplementary notes

According to the source, "Some races, such as Ents and Eagles, have been excluded. "
These figures are only taking those characters into consideration which were explicitly mentioned in the books.

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