| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 978 | — |
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| 1800 | 912 | −0.99% |
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| 1806 | 877 | −0.65% |
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| 1821 | 915 | +0.28% |
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| 1831 | 961 | +0.49% |
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| 1836 | 1,000 | +0.80% |
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| 1841 | 1,115 | +2.20% |
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| 1846 | 1,200 | +1.48% |
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| 1851 | 1,205 | +0.08% |
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| 1856 | 1,191 | −0.23% |
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| 1861 | 1,500 | +4.72% |
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| 1866 | 1,709 | +2.64% |
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| 1872 | 1,777 | +0.65% |
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| 1876 | 2,037 | +3.47% |
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| 1881 | 2,037 | +0.00% |
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| 1886 | 2,228 | +1.81% |
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| 1891 | 2,180 | −0.43% |
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| 1896 | 2,381 | +1.78% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,642 | +2.10% |
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| 1906 | 2,745 | +0.77% |
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| 1911 | 3,339 | +4.00% |
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| 1921 | 4,237 | +2.41% |
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| 1926 | 6,001 | +7.21% |
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| 1931 | 7,519 | +4.61% |
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| 1936 | 8,149 | +1.62% |
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| 1946 | 10,072 | +2.14% |
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| 1954 | 10,920 | +1.02% |
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| 1962 | 14,848 | +3.92% |
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| 1968 | 16,031 | +1.29% |
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| 1975 | 22,727 | +5.11% |
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| 1982 | 23,899 | +0.72% |
|---|
| 1990 | 24,468 | +0.29% |
|---|
| 1999 | 23,617 | −0.39% |
|---|
| 2007 | 25,981 | +1.20% |
|---|
| 2012 | 25,685 | −0.23% |
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| 2017 | 25,669 | −0.01% |
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