To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"