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Spacecraft that are de-orbited (sent back into the earth's atmosphere to burn up at over 25,000mph) are usually aimed at a point in the South Pacific called Point Nemo. It's the most uninhabited area of our world being the furthest place from any land and not a part of any common shipping route

https://interestingengineering.com/science/point-nemo-farthest-point-land


Satellites and space debris sometimes break up over populated areas. https://www.space.com/spacex-debris-fall-australia-crew-1-dragon-capsule

Spacecraft parts like Soviet satellites with nuclear reactors have fallen on places like Canada:

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Kosmos_954