Get-population-search

Returns population data based on instance id, population level and name of population level.

Resource URL

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http://data.unhcr.org/api/population/search.json

Parameters

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id required	The ID of the desired instance Example Values: syria
level required	Level of the population requested: regional, country, region, settlement Example Values: region
name required	Name of population level item Example Values: Bekaa

Example Request

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GET	http://data.unhcr.org/api/population/search.json?name=Bekaa&level=region&instance_id=syria

{
    "type": "region",
    "population": [
        {
            "module_name": [
                {
                    "EN": "Total Persons of Concern"
                },
                {
                    "FR": "Personnes du ressort du HCR"
                },
                {
                    "AR": "إجمالي الأشخاص المعنيين"
                }
            ],
            "value": "310439",
            "demography": {
                "04M": "0",
                "04F": "0",
                "511M": "0",
                "511F": "0",
                "1217M": "0",
                "1217F": "0",
                "1859M": "0",
                "1859F": "0",
                "60M": "0",
                "60F": "0"
            },
            "updated_at": "2014-02-10 00:00:00"
        }
    ],
    "latitude": "33.8333",
    "longitude": "36",
    "name": "Bekaa",
    "country": "Lebanon"
}