| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 4,320 | — |
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| 1800 | 5,488 | +3.48% |
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| 1806 | 5,587 | +0.30% |
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| 1821 | 5,627 | +0.05% |
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| 1831 | 6,063 | +0.75% |
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| 1836 | 5,565 | −1.70% |
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| 1841 | 5,472 | −0.34% |
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| 1846 | 5,472 | +0.00% |
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| 1851 | 5,314 | −0.58% |
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| 1856 | 5,323 | +0.03% |
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| 1861 | 5,304 | −0.07% |
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| 1866 | 4,768 | −2.11% |
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| 1872 | 4,489 | −1.00% |
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| 1876 | 4,530 | +0.23% |
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| 1881 | 4,055 | −2.19% |
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| 1886 | 4,080 | +0.12% |
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| 1891 | 3,929 | −0.75% |
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| 1896 | 3,944 | +0.08% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,951 | +0.04% |
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| 1906 | 3,909 | −0.21% |
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| 1911 | 3,255 | −3.60% |
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| 1921 | 2,891 | −1.18% |
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| 1926 | 3,008 | +0.80% |
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| 1931 | 2,907 | −0.68% |
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| 1936 | 3,038 | +0.89% |
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| 1946 | 3,595 | +1.70% |
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| 1954 | 3,691 | +0.33% |
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| 1962 | 4,169 | +1.53% |
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| 1968 | 4,738 | +2.16% |
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| 1975 | 4,692 | −0.14% |
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| 1982 | 4,415 | −0.87% |
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| 1990 | 4,840 | +1.16% |
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| 1999 | 4,929 | +0.20% |
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| 2007 | 5,116 | +0.47% |
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| 2012 | 5,712 | +2.23% |
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| 2017 | 5,888 | +0.61% |
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