function freebase_populations ($countries
{
$query = array'type'=>'/location/country',
'name'=>null,
'query:name|='=>$countries,
'iso3166_1_alpha2!='=>''
'/location/statistical_region/population'=> arrayarray
'limit'=>1,
'number'=>null,
'year'=>null,
'sort'=>'-year'
)) );
$results = freebase_query$query);
$return = array();
foreach ($results as $result) {
if (isset$result'/location/statistical_region/population'][0]['number'])) {
$return$result'name']] = $result'/location/statistical_region/population'][0]['number'];
}
}
return $return
}