Populous
adjective
Having a high number of people living in a specific area.
India is a very populous country with over a billion inhabitants.
Often appears as...
- populous city
- populous country
adjective
Having a high number of people living in a specific area.
India is a very populous country with over a billion inhabitants.
Often appears as...
- populous city
- populous country
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Pro Tip 1/3Scale Indicator
Use 'populous' to emphasize the number of people in an area, not the size of the area itself.
Despite its small size, Monaco is an extremely populous urban state.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowdedness
'Populous' describes quantity of inhabitants, not how crowded an area feels.
A metropolis can be populous but not feel overcrowded with ample infrastructure.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'populous' is neutral and does not imply whether a high population is good or bad.
California is more populous than any other U.S. state, with diverse economies and cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Indicator
Use 'populous' to emphasize the number of people in an area, not the size of the area itself.
Despite its small size, Monaco is an extremely populous urban state.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowdedness
'Populous' describes quantity of inhabitants, not how crowded an area feels.
A metropolis can be populous but not feel overcrowded with ample infrastructure.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'populous' is neutral and does not imply whether a high population is good or bad.
California is more populous than any other U.S. state, with diverse economies and cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Indicator
Use 'populous' to emphasize the number of people in an area, not the size of the area itself.
Despite its small size, Monaco is an extremely populous urban state.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowdedness
'Populous' describes quantity of inhabitants, not how crowded an area feels.
A metropolis can be populous but not feel overcrowded with ample infrastructure.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'populous' is neutral and does not imply whether a high population is good or bad.
California is more populous than any other U.S. state, with diverse economies and cultures.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
increase into the future. It's not going to go away. It's going to get a lot bigger, mainly because of growing population. We're seven billion people today heading towards at least nine, probably nine and a half before we're done. More importantly, changing diets. As the world becomes wealthier as well as more populous,
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The global goals we've...
Quite some way back. Now, this is sort of worrying news. But these are the richest countries in the world, not the most populous. So let's take a look now at the biggest countries in the world, the ones that will most affect whether or not we achieve the SDGs. And here they are --
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The rapid growth of the...
I've observed something that is far less familiar to me, propelling so much of China's innovation and many of its entrepreneurs. It is an overwhelming need economy that is serving an underprivileged populous, which has been separated for 30 years from China's economic boom.
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The other inconvenient...
we're done more importantly changing diets as the world becomes wealthier as well as more populous we're seeing increases in dietary consumption of meat which take a lot more resources than a vegetarian diet does so more people eating more stuff and richer stuff and
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Mapping the Future of...
So, what is on this map is every human being in the world. You have the entire world's population here and you have the population density as well. And you have these ovals showing you the kind of outlines of where the largest, most populous mega-city clusters are.
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Self Stabbing PIPE National...
pinger bangla devotees offer their bodies to the will of the gods who are said to control the knife in return they hope the gods will grant them continued prosperity in the upcoming year although Indonesia is the world's most populous
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How Pakistani women are...
and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes. This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet -- essentially, knowledge. It's a form of oppression. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world,
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Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
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Let's put birth control...
largest country in the world they're contraception rate twenty-nine percent Nigeria the most populous country in Africa ten percent Chad two percent so let's just take one country in africa
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Is invisibility the...
I bring you the Ted globe now I'm guessing that everyone in this room can find the three most populous countries in the world that would be obviously
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
increase into the future. It's not going to go away. It's going to get a lot bigger, mainly because of growing population. We're seven billion people today heading towards at least nine, probably nine and a half before we're done. More importantly, changing diets. As the world becomes wealthier as well as more populous,
Video examples
The global goals we've...
Quite some way back. Now, this is sort of worrying news. But these are the richest countries in the world, not the most populous. So let's take a look now at the biggest countries in the world, the ones that will most affect whether or not we achieve the SDGs. And here they are --
Video examples
The rapid growth of the...
I've observed something that is far less familiar to me, propelling so much of China's innovation and many of its entrepreneurs. It is an overwhelming need economy that is serving an underprivileged populous, which has been separated for 30 years from China's economic boom.
Video examples
The other inconvenient...
we're done more importantly changing diets as the world becomes wealthier as well as more populous we're seeing increases in dietary consumption of meat which take a lot more resources than a vegetarian diet does so more people eating more stuff and richer stuff and
Video examples
Mapping the Future of...
So, what is on this map is every human being in the world. You have the entire world's population here and you have the population density as well. And you have these ovals showing you the kind of outlines of where the largest, most populous mega-city clusters are.
Video examples
Self Stabbing PIPE National...
pinger bangla devotees offer their bodies to the will of the gods who are said to control the knife in return they hope the gods will grant them continued prosperity in the upcoming year although Indonesia is the world's most populous
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How Pakistani women are...
and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes. This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet -- essentially, knowledge. It's a form of oppression. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world,
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Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
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Let's put birth control...
largest country in the world they're contraception rate twenty-nine percent Nigeria the most populous country in Africa ten percent Chad two percent so let's just take one country in africa
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Is invisibility the...
I bring you the Ted globe now I'm guessing that everyone in this room can find the three most populous countries in the world that would be obviously
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Louis Sullivan
American Architect
It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour.
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Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago.
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Charles Jencks
American Architect
Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for.
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld.
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Ernst Mayr
German Scientist
Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.
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Allen West
American Politician
Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy.
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Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
China's hyper-growth is causing the world's most populous nation to spin out of the control of its leaders.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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Dan Harmon
American Writer
Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
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Louis Sullivan
American Architect
It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour.
Quote examples
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago.
Quote examples
Charles Jencks
American Architect
Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for.
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld.
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Ernst Mayr
German Scientist
Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.
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Allen West
American Politician
Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy.
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Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
China's hyper-growth is causing the world's most populous nation to spin out of the control of its leaders.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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Dan Harmon
American Writer
Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
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