| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,181 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,992 | −1.29% |
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| 1806 | 1,841 | −1.31% |
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| 1821 | 1,681 | −0.60% |
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| 1831 | 1,634 | −0.28% |
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| 1836 | 1,524 | −1.38% |
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| 1841 | 1,423 | −1.36% |
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| 1846 | 1,484 | +0.84% |
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| 1851 | 1,442 | −0.57% |
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| 1856 | 1,544 | +1.38% |
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| 1861 | 1,659 | +1.45% |
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| 1866 | 1,787 | +1.50% |
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| 1872 | 1,822 | +0.32% |
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| 1876 | 1,985 | +2.17% |
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| 1881 | 1,789 | −2.06% |
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| 1886 | 2,067 | +2.93% |
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| 1891 | 2,482 | +3.73% |
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| 1896 | 2,701 | +1.71% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,212 | +3.53% |
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| 1906 | 3,559 | +2.07% |
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| 1911 | 3,822 | +1.44% |
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| 1921 | 4,466 | +1.57% |
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| 1926 | 6,212 | +6.82% |
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| 1931 | 7,514 | +3.88% |
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| 1936 | 10,283 | +6.48% |
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| 1946 | 10,775 | +0.47% |
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| 1954 | 13,809 | +3.15% |
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| 1962 | 21,874 | +5.92% |
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| 1968 | 26,304 | +3.12% |
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| 1975 | 31,066 | +2.41% |
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| 1982 | 28,977 | −0.99% |
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| 1990 | 31,467 | +1.04% |
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| 1999 | 33,327 | +0.64% |
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| 2007 | 33,888 | +0.21% |
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| 2012 | 35,135 | +0.73% |
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| 2017 | 35,846 | +0.40% |
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