| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 969 | — |
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| 1800 | 736 | −3.85% |
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| 1806 | 740 | +0.09% |
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| 1821 | 1,022 | +2.18% |
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| 1831 | 1,225 | +1.83% |
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| 1836 | 1,268 | +0.69% |
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| 1841 | 1,567 | +4.33% |
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| 1846 | 1,564 | −0.04% |
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| 1851 | 1,763 | +2.42% |
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| 1856 | 2,149 | +4.04% |
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| 1861 | 2,751 | +5.06% |
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| 1866 | 3,194 | +3.03% |
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| 1872 | 3,163 | −0.16% |
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| 1876 | 3,640 | +3.57% |
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| 1881 | 4,187 | +2.84% |
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| 1886 | 5,112 | +4.07% |
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| 1891 | 5,491 | +1.44% |
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| 1896 | 6,283 | +2.73% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 7,391 | +3.30% |
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| 1906 | 8,720 | +3.36% |
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| 1911 | 11,376 | +5.46% |
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| 1921 | 15,916 | +3.42% |
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| 1926 | 22,734 | +7.39% |
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| 1931 | 31,047 | +6.43% |
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| 1936 | 32,427 | +0.87% |
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| 1946 | 33,817 | +0.42% |
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| 1954 | 37,924 | +1.44% |
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| 1962 | 47,991 | +2.99% |
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| 1968 | 54,906 | +2.27% |
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| 1975 | 52,952 | −0.52% |
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| 1982 | 48,353 | −1.29% |
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| 1990 | 47,227 | −0.29% |
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| 1999 | 48,572 | +0.31% |
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| 2007 | 51,000 | +0.61% |
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| 2012 | 52,408 | +0.55% |
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| 2017 | 52,971 | +0.21% |
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