diff --git a/app/location/__init__.py b/app/location/__init__.py
index 1da5e9e5..3015f344 100644
--- a/app/location/__init__.py
+++ b/app/location/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """app.location"""
 from ..coordinates import Coordinates
 from ..utils import countries
-from ..utils.populations import country_population
+from ..utils.populations import Population
 
 
 # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def country_population(self):
         :returns: The population.
         :rtype: int
         """
-        return country_population(self.country_code)
+        return Population.country_population(self.country_code)
 
     def serialize(self):
         """
diff --git a/app/utils/populations.py b/app/utils/populations.py
index c02f15a9..1672e5e4 100644
--- a/app/utils/populations.py
+++ b/app/utils/populations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """app.utils.populations.py"""
+from _typeshed import Self
 import json
 import logging
 
@@ -10,51 +11,52 @@
 GEONAMES_URL = "http://api.geonames.org/countryInfoJSON"
 GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH = "geonames_population_mappings.json"
 
-# Fetching of the populations.
-def fetch_populations(save=False):
-    """
-    Returns a dictionary containing the population of each country fetched from the GeoNames.
-    https://www.geonames.org/
-
-    TODO: only skip writing to the filesystem when deployed with gunicorn, or handle concurent access, or use DB.
-
-    :returns: The mapping of populations.
-    :rtype: dict
-    """
-    LOGGER.info("Fetching populations...")
-
-    # Mapping of populations
-    mappings = {}
-
-    # Fetch the countries.
-    try:
-        countries = requests.get(GEONAMES_URL, params={"username": "dperic"}, timeout=1.25).json()[
-            "geonames"
-        ]
-        # Go through all the countries and perform the mapping.
-        for country in countries:
-            mappings.update({country["countryCode"]: int(country["population"]) or None})
-
-        if mappings and save:
-            LOGGER.info(f"Saving population data to {app.io.save(GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH, mappings)}")
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError, requests.exceptions.Timeout) as err:
-        LOGGER.warning(f"Error pulling population data. {err.__class__.__name__}: {err}")
-        mappings = app.io.load(GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH)
-        LOGGER.info(f"Using backup data from {GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH}")
-    # Finally, return the mappings.
-    LOGGER.info("Fetched populations")
-    return mappings
-
-
-# Mapping of alpha-2 codes country codes to population.
-POPULATIONS = fetch_populations()
-
-# Retrieving.
-def country_population(country_code, default=None):
-    """
-    Fetches the population of the country with the provided country code.
-
-    :returns: The population.
-    :rtype: int
-    """
-    return POPULATIONS.get(country_code, default)
+class Population: 
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.population = fetch_populations()
+
+    # Fetching of the populations.
+    def fetch_populations(save=False):
+        """
+        Returns a dictionary containing the population of each country fetched from the GeoNames.
+        https://www.geonames.org/
+
+        TODO: only skip writing to the filesystem when deployed with gunicorn, or handle concurent access, or use DB.
+
+        :returns: The mapping of populations.
+        :rtype: dict
+        """
+        LOGGER.info("Fetching populations...")
+
+        # Mapping of populations
+        mappings = {}
+
+        # Fetch the countries.
+        try:
+            countries = requests.get(GEONAMES_URL, params={"username": "dperic"}, timeout=1.25).json()[
+                "geonames"
+            ]
+            # Go through all the countries and perform the mapping.
+            for country in countries:
+                mappings.update({country["countryCode"]: int(country["population"]) or None})
+
+            if mappings and save:
+                LOGGER.info(f"Saving population data to {app.io.save(GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH, mappings)}")
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError, requests.exceptions.Timeout) as err:
+            LOGGER.warning(f"Error pulling population data. {err.__class__.__name__}: {err}")
+            mappings = app.io.load(GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH)
+            LOGGER.info(f"Using backup data from {GEONAMES_BACKUP_PATH}")
+        # Finally, return the mappings.
+        LOGGER.info("Fetched populations")
+        return mappings
+        
+    # Retrieving.
+    def country_population(country_code, default=None):
+        """
+        Fetches the population of the country with the provided country code.
+
+        :returns: The population.
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        return self.population.get(country_code, default)