I've enjoyed the games' comments that humans grow like weeds compared to the elves. It's pretty reasonable to believe the immortal ancient elves didn't have a large population around Thedas, despite the number of ruins and the lack of elven roads. But the Inquisition lore seems to prove their numbers were very large to begin with and humans simply outnumbered them in breeding.
Recently I watched a mention of an infamous book, Population Bomb, that created an alarmist view that our overpopulation will destroy the enviroment and deplete the world's resources. Some countries were inspired to practice radical controls which failed in many ways. Recently it's been noticed that developed nations have even less population growth that underdeveloped nations, because of factors that made it less desirable to breed larger families.
Putting aside the risk of breeding mages, I'd say the post-Ancient elves weren't as sexually active as the humans, who were less prosperous. Denied the power of the Veil and civil war weakened them. The dwarves traded lyrium with humans, giving them the magical edge and built the Tevinter Imperium. The descending elves might have kept their outdated breeding practices, further allowing the humans to outnumber them. What I don't understand is if the Dalish are descended from slaves, wouldn't their ancestors have been bred in large numbers to support the Evanuris?
I don't know how this would apply to the Qunari because we haven't seen Par Vollen yet. As the for dwarves I'd wager their strict caste system has been the slow death of their race.
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