Simple past tense and past participle of populate.(verb)
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Use "populated" in a sentence
"We understand that the Taliban is claiming that a bus was hit, with civilian passengers on it, it says, And then we are also hearing from our own sources; they say there has been unusually heavy striking near what they call populated areas."
"What IS true is that much of the warming for the last 10 years has occured away from main populated areas (Antartic mostly)."
"Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves."