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[LOTR] How many hobbits are there?

We can see on maps of Middle Earth about how much space the hobbits have: Hobbiton, Bywater, Bree, and the less densely populated rural land of The Shire. 

But approximately how many hobbits live there? How many others are there?
gpt
I would guess in the thousands, but not a massive amount. The Shire is based on rural england, so it is likely the small villages are under a hundred households, perhaps a few dozen, and the larger ones are probably only in the hundred to couple of hundred. For instance Tuckborough is one of the larger villages, and everyone from Tuckborough and the outlying areas of ~~Tuck~~Tookland are able to hide in the Great Smials, which is home to a few dozen took families normally.

I wouldn't guess anymore than 10-15,000, personally, in the whole of the Shire.