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[LOTR] How fast do the various species reproduce and replenish their population after events causing a lot of deaths (e.g. war, famine)?

Can a recovering population of orcs overwhelm a recovering population of men or elves given they were both similarly affected by the event? Do elves even try to replenish their population?
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**Men**: reproduce quickly due to an inherent desire or need, and if factors are favourable (peace after conflict, or uptick in food production) there will be a conscious effort to replenish families and populations.

**Elves**: in the absence of a desire, they would only respond to a need and even *then* it would largely depend on individual couples who thought themselves ready. In order words, any spike in population would be negligible, no matter which previous event.

**Dwarves**: difficult to say, but probably not much more than Elves in terms of a spike in population.

**Orcs**: ???

**Ents**: no entwives, so not going to happen.

**Hobbits**: like bored Catholic rabbits, regardless whether they were aware of the conflict.