Which preposition to use with populating

as Occurrences 7%

No matter what the form of government may be,I might almost say no matter what the morals and religion of the people may be,so long as there is land to occupy, and to be sold cheap, the continent will fill up, and will be as densely populated as Europe or Asia, because the natural advantages are good.

with Occurrences 7%

The land was densely populated with the most savage and relentless natives on the continent, who resented the invasion from the outset.

by Occurrences 1%

I have been living through days and nights of hell; hell populated by raging demons.

from Occurrences 1%

Gradually the United States and Canada became populated from east to west and from north to south.

in Occurrences 1%

The area is probably one of the most densely populated in the world.

of Occurrences 1%

Taking four of the most thickly populated of the London districts (East London, Strand, Old Street, St. Luke's, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and St. George, Bloomsbury), we find on a total area of 792 acres a population of 197,285, or an average of 249 persons per acre.

than Occurrences 1%

It was well cultivated, principally in rye and poppies, and more thickly populated than almost any part of Europe.

towards Occurrences 1%

The Caelian need not detain us; it was thickly populated towards the end of the Republican period, but was not a very fashionable quarter, nor one of the chief haunts of social life.

between Occurrences 1%

The coast seems pretty thickly populated between Roebuck and Beagle Bays; as the smoke from native fires was constantly to be seen, but in all cases these signs of human existence were confined to the neighbourhood of the sea.

Which preposition to use with  populating