Newcomer / Intro Population Expansion

Hi, newbie here. I just got the game about a week ago and I've been absolutely loving it so far. I've done some research and it seems the human population and number of populated systems has certainly increased since release. I was wondering what factors play into population expansion and settlement of new systems. In other words how do unpopulated systems become populated?
 
This is only achieved by F D making changes, introducing stations and settlements thus providing population. We have had community goals to create new systems - those around Colonia for example.
 
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