page_title: Cospicua
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Cospicua / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Cospicua, Malta (Jul. 15, 2003) -- A Maltese shipyard worker heads home on his bicycle after a day's work on USS La Salle (AGF 3). La Salle arrived in the country of Malta for a maintenance availability period. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer&#8217;s Mate 2nd Class Todd Reeves. (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Cospicua, also known by its titles Città Cospicua or Civitas Cottonera, is a double-fortified harbour city in the South Eastern Region of Malta. Along with Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities, located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities.
context_section_description: The first recorded census of the Maltese islands took place in 1901. Cospicua (listed as Bormla in census documents) is recorded as having a population of 12,148 people. This figure remained relatively stable until 1931, but by 1948 had reduced to 4,822. After rising to 9,095 by 1957 and 9,123 in 1967, the city's population fell in the following three censuses. A March 2011 estimate gave the population of Cospicua as 5,658. Its population stood 5,479 as of March 2013, and 5,395 in March 2014.
caption: A Maltese shipyard worker heads home on his bicycle after a day's work on USS La Salle in Cospicua.
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