peopling

/P IY1 P AH0 L IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

  2. 2

    To become populous or populated.

  3. 3

    To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

  4. 4

    To interact with people; to socialize.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/people, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peopling