| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 3,250 | — |
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| 1800 | 3,449 | +0.85% |
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| 1806 | 3,902 | +2.08% |
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| 1821 | 4,806 | +1.40% |
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| 1831 | 5,927 | +2.12% |
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| 1836 | 5,854 | −0.25% |
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| 1841 | 5,721 | −0.46% |
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| 1846 | 6,260 | +1.82% |
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| 1851 | 6,642 | +1.19% |
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| 1856 | 7,676 | +2.94% |
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| 1861 | 8,780 | +2.72% |
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| 1866 | 9,911 | +2.45% |
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| 1871 | 9,220 | −1.44% |
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| 1875 | 7,102 | −6.32% |
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| 1880 | 6,827 | −0.79% |
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| 1885 | 6,815 | −0.04% |
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| 1890 | 7,014 | +0.58% |
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| 1895 | 7,304 | +0.81% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1900 | 7,897 | +1.57% |
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| 1905 | 8,279 | +0.95% |
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| 1910 | 8,149 | −0.32% |
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| 1921 | 7,210 | −1.11% |
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| 1926 | 8,142 | +2.46% |
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| 1931 | 8,059 | −0.20% |
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| 1936 | 8,248 | +0.46% |
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| 1946 | 7,581 | −0.84% |
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| 1954 | 7,843 | +0.43% |
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| 1962 | 8,198 | +0.55% |
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| 1968 | 8,780 | +1.15% |
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| 1975 | 9,653 | +1.36% |
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| 1982 | 10,612 | +1.36% |
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| 1990 | 10,969 | +0.41% |
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| 1999 | 11,596 | +0.62% |
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| 2007 | 12,659 | +1.10% |
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| 2012 | 12,643 | −0.03% |
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| 2017 | 12,538 | −0.17% |
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