Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25344655-20151118032015

So, we need to get this in stone. Yes, the dwarves were less numerous than other races but they were still more numerous than elves (In the late 2nd & third age at least)

A big example from the Hobbit movie, An Unexpected Journey, is when Biblo tells of how all the dwarves of Erebor wandered the wilderness. We would have a vague understanding of the concept but not fully grasp it; If Erebor had been 'thriving', as I personally believe it would have, during Smaug's attack than the numbers could easily have been around 25,000-30,000. Now if we take this to the iron hills, where a good number of dwarves would go, we can say maybe it can be around 10,000 with an added 10,000 with the dwarves of Erebor. Moria, before the fall, sent 50,000 dwarves to aid in the last alliance, if we say that takes up about 1/3 of the populace, we can easily say that there was about 150,000 in Moria alone! The Blue mountains were populated with probably 15,000 per clan, and the eastern clans together probably had over 300,000 (Think of it, through all the ages they have only fought one major war, leaving them able to grow unhindered) remember, this is a very rough estimate and consists of the POPULATION not the armies. 