🧝Elves Demography

[Talimon]

I may have missed this, so be gentle .

From a purely demographic standpoint, how is it that the Elves population did not explode over the years? If you study the family trees you clearly see that it was not uncommon for an Elvish family to be made up of 5-6 children. Now there is no doubt that Middle Earth and Valinor weren't short on real estate, but one would think, given the nature of thier immortality, that thier populations would easily exceed those of men. Yes, in the time of first Noldor in Middle-earth this was so, but there seems to be a gap here (most likely in my reading ). I cannot see why the populations of Men grew so high yet those of the Elves seem, for the most part, static. I am talking here about the First and perhaps even the Second Age.

 

[Celebthôl]

there was another debate on this im not sure where, but there were some interesting points in it. i forget them sorry but maybe someone can post a link to it from here.

Celeb

 

[Confusticated]

Check this out it covers some things on the subject.

Talimon, I am pleased to see you in this area....

There is more here.

 

[Talimon]

Thanks for the links.

 

[aragil]

Hey, how come I'm never sourced?
http://thetolkien.forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5305

 

[Confusticated]

Originally posted by aragil
Hey, how come I'm never sourced?
http://thetolkien.forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5305

Ha! How funny aragil. I just ran into that thread last night and I ment to post the link here, but was pulled into something else! Even though it doesn't explain why the elves do not over populate, it does have useful information about the population. I also wonder how long it will be before Talimon checks this thread. Though, he looks in the book sections more than I would guess

 

[Talimon]

Thanks for the link .