| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 3,500 | — |
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| 1800 | 3,715 | +0.86% |
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| 1806 | 3,819 | +0.46% |
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| 1821 | 3,765 | −0.09% |
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| 1831 | 3,807 | +0.11% |
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| 1836 | 4,712 | +4.36% |
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| 1841 | 4,701 | −0.05% |
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| 1846 | 4,920 | +0.91% |
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| 1851 | 4,618 | −1.26% |
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| 1856 | 4,497 | −0.53% |
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| 1861 | 4,523 | +0.12% |
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| 1866 | 4,991 | +1.99% |
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| 1872 | 4,834 | −0.53% |
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| 1876 | 4,881 | +0.24% |
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| 1881 | 4,740 | −0.58% |
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| 1886 | 4,590 | −0.64% |
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| 1891 | 4,701 | +0.48% |
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| 1896 | 4,740 | +0.17% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 4,541 | −0.85% |
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| 1906 | 4,432 | −0.48% |
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| 1911 | 4,578 | +0.65% |
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| 1921 | 4,114 | −1.06% |
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| 1926 | 4,594 | +2.23% |
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| 1931 | 4,465 | −0.57% |
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| 1936 | 4,403 | −0.28% |
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| 1946 | 4,235 | −0.39% |
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| 1954 | 4,514 | +0.80% |
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| 1962 | 4,650 | +0.37% |
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| 1968 | 5,319 | +2.27% |
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| 1975 | 5,557 | +0.63% |
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| 1982 | 6,044 | +1.21% |
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| 1990 | 6,269 | +0.46% |
|---|
| 1999 | 7,068 | +1.34% |
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| 2007 | 7,612 | +0.93% |
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| 2012 | 7,638 | +0.07% |
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| 2017 | 7,680 | +0.11% |
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