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Hi.....I don't know whether it is possible to get Population data for small towns from OSM....If yes means...can anybody help me out to find out..Thank you in advance...!

asked 27 Jul '13, 15:44

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We do have the tag population, it may or may not be set on place nodes. See the wiki at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:population .

I'd guess that you'll be much better off sourcing population data from other sources specific to where your area of interest is.

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answered 27 Jul '13, 19:19

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