| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,860 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,382 | −4.15% |
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| 1806 | 1,461 | +0.93% |
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| 1821 | 1,487 | +0.12% |
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| 1831 | 1,630 | +0.92% |
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| 1836 | 1,643 | +0.16% |
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| 1841 | 1,727 | +1.00% |
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| 1846 | 1,843 | +1.31% |
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| 1851 | 1,867 | +0.26% |
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| 1856 | 1,834 | −0.36% |
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| 1861 | 1,989 | +1.64% |
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| 1866 | 2,079 | +0.89% |
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| 1872 | 2,269 | +1.47% |
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| 1876 | 2,377 | +1.17% |
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| 1881 | 2,453 | +0.63% |
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| 1886 | 2,672 | +1.73% |
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| 1891 | 2,727 | +0.41% |
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| 1896 | 2,818 | +0.66% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,853 | +0.25% |
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| 1906 | 2,945 | +0.64% |
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| 1911 | 2,895 | −0.34% |
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| 1921 | 2,982 | +0.30% |
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| 1926 | 3,180 | +1.29% |
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| 1931 | 3,314 | +0.83% |
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| 1936 | 3,418 | +0.62% |
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| 1946 | 5,213 | +4.31% |
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| 1954 | 4,807 | −1.01% |
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| 1962 | 6,803 | +4.44% |
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| 1968 | 10,402 | +7.33% |
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| 1975 | 18,691 | +8.73% |
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| 1982 | 21,441 | +1.98% |
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| 1990 | 21,727 | +0.17% |
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| 1999 | 22,193 | +0.24% |
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| 2007 | 23,096 | +0.50% |
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| 2012 | 23,930 | +0.71% |
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| 2017 | 25,552 | +1.32% |
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