Editing Birgu (section)

==Demographics==
In 1901, Birgu had a population of 6,093 people. After falling slightly over the following 20 years, this figure had increased to 6,673 in 1931. However, in 1948 the population stood at just 3,816, although it had increased slightly by 1957. The city's population fell in the following four censuses, and in 2005 was recorded as 2,701.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nso.gov.mt/docs/Census2005_Vol1.pdf |title=Census of population and housing 2005 |publisher=Malta National Statistics Office |year=2007 |page=51 |access-date=23 August 2011 |archive-date=28 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928145520/http://www.nso.gov.mt/docs/Census2005_Vol1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2011 the estimated value had risen slightly to 2,758. In March 2013 the population stood at 2,673,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Population%2031-3-13.pdf | title=Estimated Population by Locality | date=31 March 2013 | work=Malta Government Gazette | issue=19,094 | access-date=23 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184236/http://www.lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Population%2031-3-13.pdf | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and it was slightly lower in March 2014, when it stood at 2,629.<ref>{{cite web |title=Estimated Population by Locality 31st March, 2014 |url=https://secure2.gov.mt/localgovernment/file.aspx?f=7810 |publisher=[[Government of Malta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211549/https://secure2.gov.mt/localgovernment/file.aspx?f=7810 |archive-date=21 June 2015 |date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>