full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.

jammed or crowded with people

There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.

forming or comprising a large number or quantity

Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.

adjective

deserted

adjective

crawling , crowded , dense , heavily populated , jammed , legion , many , multifarious , multitudinal , multitudinous , numerous , occupied , overpopulated , peopled , populated , settled , several , swarming , teeming , thick , thronged , various , voluminousnotes:populace is people in general considered as a whole , the general public; populous means densely populated