underpopulate
Too few residents
To underpopulate is to leave an area with fewer inhabitants than it could support or than would be optimal.
The word appears most often as the adjective underpopulated: vast underpopulated regions of the interior, The rural areas became underpopulated as young people moved to cities.
The opposite of overpopulate.
Left behind, uninhabited
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
ghostly · lonely · isolated · barren · neglected · vacant · unoccupied · hollowed-out
In sparse layers
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- scantBarely adequate amount
- fewSmall in number
scarce · limited · dispersed · infrequent · sporadic · meager · paltry · minimal
Newborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- migrationMovement to new territory
- censusOfficial population count
- demographicStatistical population category
decline · shortage · crisis · aging · workforce · immigration · incentive · subsidy
Distant or controller
- outlyingDistant from center
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- untamedNot domesticated
pioneer · backcountry · hinterland · outpost · borderland · unexplored · uncharted · pristine
deserted
Left behind, uninhabited
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
forsaken · ghostly · lonely · isolated · barren · neglected · vacant · unoccupied · hollowed-out · dying
thinly
In sparse layers
few · scarce · limited · dispersed · infrequent · sporadic · meager · paltry · minimal · light
birthrate
Newborns per capita measure
demographic · decline · shortage · crisis · aging · workforce · immigration · incentive · subsidy · resettlement
remote
Distant or controller
- outlyingDistant from center
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- unsettledNot yet resolved
untamed · pioneer · backcountry · hinterland · outpost · borderland · unexplored · uncharted · pristine · wild