according to the statistics (i.e. including players with 0 points):
W42:
Number of players: 5.161
Total villages: 188.319
W43:
Number of players: 3.728
Total villages: 125.705
W44:
Number of players: 5.026
Total villages: 133.875
We are 1300 players behind the worlds on either side of us (the ones that started at a similar time...) therefore players either never joined this world because they didn't like the settings, or left because it was full of barb-munching, point-whoring, NAP-loving family tribes or it could be because everyone on this world is so good we rimmed everyone so quickly. For some reason I don't think it is the last one.