So,  I started trial and I play on europe servers, they seems to be little empty though, I also have feeling that the population is not growing, more of fading. So is it too late to start this awesome game? :(

Eh? the population is perfectly fine on Splitpaw, but dont expect to see a lot of people running around the starting areas.

If you are feeling lonely join the norrathtrade channel and listen in on all the chatter. 

The population is just fine. The world of Norrath is HUGE. People rarely ever stay in the lower 20 levels for long. You can do those levels in only a day. It is NOT too late to start. One suggestion, join a guild.

Most lower level areas are gonna be pretty empty.   EQ2 now days lets you solo level really fast so you only spend a few days leveling in most starting areas and then you are gone.  Unless there are a LOT of new players starting every day you just won't see many people.  And since eq2 world has grown there are lots of starting areas which makes it even worse. 

Frankly most people playing are max level.  People leveling up are pretty spread out and probably not a huge population.  I think most any game that isn't free or new will be kinda similar.

EQ2 also has a bit worse issue since lvl neutral areas like cites are not used much anymore.  With the advent of guild halls most people never bother going to cities since guild halls have everything a player could want and they have direct ports so you can go to your guild from anywhere without even passing through the city.

1-70 leveling is a joke these days, and if you dont care about AA racking, you can level in 2-3 days.

70-80 takes considerably longer for each level but that's the tier where every one is at, most of the time anyways.

 Edit: I am also in Splitpaw, if you need any help pm Maejima.

the reason is simply that nowadays the first 70 levels are so fast.in short the first 20 levels are more or less tutorial levels and many just power thru it in a couple of hours or use collections .

thus this levels are pretty empty  as no one wastes time there unlike at start when 1 month down the line many of us were still in late 20s levels.

i suggest you just solo them.the game is pretty active with population and it might even be wise to find a guild and explain you are new and maybe use the recruit a friend thing.many guilds are recruiting and willing to help new players.

in short my guild just helped get a few guys their mythical and they only been playing few months ,lucky guys!