You see these numbers every time you log into the game.
First I want to say to those Shipwreck Hunters out there! Great job of cleaning up the sea floor. I think that went a bit faster than most expected. CDV! Great job, way to put your already massive fleet to work. I could plunder 1,000 ships from you and you would still be solid.. (hmmm, idea!)
7.26 Billion population! This is no small number and in fact one of the largest its been in my time here (can anyone remember a time when it was larger then the 7.5 recently). To those nations who are investing in population, I salute you as it is an expensive task. To all you casting Black Death! Stop. LOL.
Last, 14,867 active players... Now we know that this number takes into account recent people who have joined and some who haven't stuck around to see how awesome this game really is... But this number is one of the highest that I have seen since I started. When I started a year ago, it was around 12,500 and hovered around there for a bit before dropping to 11,000... maybe even less. So hats off to ADMIN for the recent push. I don't know if you did some advertising buys with all the money PHX has given you, but great work on getting new blood into the game. There are some quality new players who are sticking around and it shows.
Looking forward to the new proposed game updates to make this game even more exciting.