How to Use populous in a Sentence

populous

adjective

• As of May 2023, India is the most populous country in the world.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• Ian came ashore in the populous Lee County, home to the city of Fort Myers.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
• The nearest big-box store is a 120-mile drive, one-way, from the tribe’s most populous town.
  — Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 6 Dec. 2023
• That set a record for what is now the world’s most populous nation.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• China has been the most populous nation in the world since at least 1750.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 5 July 2023
• That’s an increase of 5.7%, the highest among the most populous metros and well ahead of the U.S. growth rate of 3.3% over the same period.
  — Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
• For the first time since the mid-18th century, China isn’t the world’s most populous nation.
  — wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
• Those counties, Richland and Charleston, are the second- and third-most populous counties in the state.
  — Ty Roush, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Fouts wants to seek a fifth, four-year term as mayor of Michigan's third most populous city.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
• In raw numbers, the Golden State is not only the most populous state but employs the most workers of any in the nation.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Then, the foreign aid groups who promised all sorts of help moved on as Ebola spread into more populous towns.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023
• The storm, which hit last week, flooded the Fort Lauderdale area and set off a severe gas shortage in the state’s most populous region.
  — Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• More from California, but that's the most populous state, so that makes sense.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• The cuts are expected to boost exports to the world’s most populous country, which is a growing market for the tart red fruit.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• To compare salaries, the report looked at median year-round full-time salaries for male and female workers in the 170 most populous places in the U.S.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
• Even China, once the most populous nation in the world, has fallen this year to No. 2 (surpassed by India).
  — Sander Van ‘t Noordende, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The joke drew some laughter from travelers bound for the tourist paradise and most populous of Hawaii's islands.
  — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
• New York and Houston, two of the nation’s most populous and diverse cities, haven’t had a Latino mayor in more than 100 years.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• Jefferson County - though shrinking - is still far and away the most populous county in the state, and that’s not going to change any time soon.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 30 Mar. 2023
• Why does Maryland — which is not the most populous state, or even the 17th-most-populous state — offer such a plate buffet?
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• The state—the country’s most populous, and one of its most diverse—provides fodder for every sort of author.
  — Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2023
• But as the most populous state in the U.S., California has unique power to set standards that have impact across the country.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Hou, 66, was once the island’s top police officer and is now the mayor of Taiwan's most populous city.
  — Eryk Michael Smith, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
• Oromia is Ethiopia’s largest region and its most populous.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• And on Friday, speeches to business titans who want to make money in the world’s most populous nation.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Ellen Nakashima and Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
• Warsaw was not only rebuilt but is one of the most populous cities in Europe, with one of the largest number of skyscrapers on the continent.
  — Byjeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Business’ tax burden in Texas was fifth-highest among all states and easily the highest among the most populous states.
  — Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
• The legislation also caps the number of cameras at 125 in the most populous cities such as Los Angeles.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Protasiewicz won 68% of the vote in Dane, the second-most populous county, which has been a crucial and growing Democratic stronghold.
  — Hope Karnopp, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Although Little Rock, the state's most populous city, has the largest number of murders each year, the per capita murder rate is higher in some other cities.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024