| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 700 | — |
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| 1800 | 725 | +0.50% |
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| 1806 | 789 | +1.42% |
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| 1821 | 792 | +0.03% |
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| 1831 | 781 | −0.14% |
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| 1836 | 729 | −1.37% |
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| 1841 | 808 | +2.08% |
|---|
| 1846 | 830 | +0.54% |
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| 1851 | 829 | −0.02% |
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| 1856 | 868 | +0.92% |
|---|
| 1861 | 943 | +1.67% |
|---|
| 1866 | 1,015 | +1.48% |
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| 1872 | 1,093 | +1.24% |
|---|
| 1876 | 983 | −2.62% |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,065 | +1.62% |
|---|
| 1886 | 1,180 | +2.07% |
|---|
| 1891 | 1,160 | −0.34% |
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| 1896 | 1,134 | −0.45% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 1,251 | +1.98% |
|---|
| 1906 | 1,329 | +1.22% |
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| 1911 | 1,438 | +1.59% |
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| 1921 | 2,205 | +4.37% |
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| 1926 | 2,640 | +3.67% |
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| 1931 | 3,076 | +3.10% |
|---|
| 1936 | 3,300 | +1.42% |
|---|
| 1946 | 3,673 | +1.08% |
|---|
| 1954 | 4,759 | +3.29% |
|---|
| 1962 | 6,830 | +4.62% |
|---|
| 1968 | 12,688 | +10.87% |
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| 1975 | 19,572 | +6.39% |
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| 1982 | 18,662 | −0.68% |
|---|
| 1990 | 19,671 | +0.66% |
|---|
| 1999 | 21,650 | +1.07% |
|---|
| 2007 | 22,837 | +0.67% |
|---|
| 2012 | 25,214 | +2.00% |
|---|
| 2017 | 26,528 | +1.02% |
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