diff --git a/scripts/geodata/osm/formatter.py b/scripts/geodata/osm/formatter.py
index 2e29bd01..4c4d9f72 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/osm/formatter.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/osm/formatter.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class OSMAddressFormatter(object):
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             population = 0
 
-        num_references = population / 10000 + 1
+        num_references = population / 10000 + 5
         if num_references > 1000:
             num_references = 1000