peopling
Filling with inhabitants
Peopling is the process of populating a place with inhabitants.
Historians and anthropologists use it for migration and settlement patterns: the peopling of the Americas, the peopling of Australia.
It can also mean filling a space with people: She set about peopling her novel with memorable characters.
Foreign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
empire · colonialism · expansionism · outpost · pioneers · colonists · expedition · exploration
Statistical study of populations
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- censusOfficial population count
growth · density · residents · urbanization · proliferation · settlement · expansion · dwellers
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- dwellingsPlaces of residence
- communityCollective of connected people
- residencePlace one inhabits
habitation · village · township · hamlet · neighborhood · housing · establishment · domesticity
Scattered population sharing origins
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- relocationPermanent change of residence
refugees · displacement · movement · nomads · expatriates · resettlement · pilgrimage · caravan
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
annexation · empire · colonialism · expansionism · outpost · pioneers · colonists · expedition · exploration · domination
demography
Statistical study of populations
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
census · growth · density · residents · urbanization · proliferation · settlement · expansion · dwellers · occupancy
homesteading
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- dwellingsPlaces of residence
- communityCollective of connected people
residence · habitation · village · township · hamlet · neighborhood · housing · establishment · domesticity · permanence
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
relocation · refugees · displacement · movement · nomads · expatriates · resettlement · pilgrimage · caravan · travelers
peoplingdepopulating
Reducing a place's inhabitants
depopulation · emptying · evacuating · deserting · abandoning
peoplingdecolonization
Ending imperial control
decolonizing · unsettling · withdrawal · retreat · repatriation
people, population, peoples, populate, populace, populous, people's, peopled