Its currently around 900. Ofc people are at work/school/uni now. But is it really worth it if pop will stay around 1-1.5k?
I'm mostly PvP oriented and would really love to start on a fresh server, so I wouldn't have to catch up (which is not really possible in Vanilla if these people continue their progression in AQ/Nax) with all the MC/BWL+ geared people in order to not to get stomped in wPvP/BGs. But not being able to play BGs (AV with 1k population?) is also not an option.
The idea of leveling for few weeks just to check how it goes is also quite depressing.