populated

Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.

与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。

This area is thinly populated.

此地人口稀疏。

Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas.

欧洲的殖民到了美洲的许多地方。

It is mostly rural and sparsely populated, with more in common with Midwestern districts than those downstate.

沿途主要是农村，人口稀少，同州里的南部地区不同，这里有点像中西部地区。