sparsely populated
Hardly anyone lives
Sparsely populated describes an area with few inhabitants relative to its size—the opposite of densely populated.
The phrase typically applies to rural regions, deserts, or wilderness: Alaska is the most sparsely populated state in the U.S.
The sparsely populated countryside offered few services.
- underpopulatedHaving too few inhabitants
- low densityFew particles per area
- remoteDistant or controller
- middle of nowhereExtremely remote location
- isolatedSeparated from others
off the grid · undeveloped · scattered · few and far between · pristine · wilderness · wide open spaces · peripheral · frontier · back country · the sticks · nomadic · uninhabited · ghost town · exurban · outback · rural · untouched
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Many inhabitants per area
crowded · overpopulated · teeming · packed · congested
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