d) UO's current population is approximately 165,000 according to
mmogchart.com. The game's peak population level of 240,000 was reached in April 2001. The current numbers indicate however that the game's population level has fallen by 32.25% in the last 28 months, which also means that the population level is dropping consistently at an average rate of around 1.5% per month. While this is not
necessarily meteoric, it does indicate a steady population haemorrhage rate.