| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 856 | — |
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| 1800 | 962 | +1.68% |
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| 1806 | 1,208 | +3.87% |
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| 1821 | 1,417 | +1.07% |
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| 1831 | 1,803 | +2.44% |
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| 1836 | 2,050 | +2.60% |
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| 1841 | 2,153 | +0.99% |
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| 1846 | 2,575 | +3.64% |
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| 1851 | 2,535 | −0.31% |
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| 1866 | 4,022 | +3.13% |
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| 1872 | 5,164 | +4.25% |
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| 1876 | 5,411 | +1.17% |
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| 1881 | 7,069 | +5.49% |
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| 1886 | 6,992 | −0.22% |
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| 1891 | 6,741 | −0.73% |
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| 1896 | 6,603 | −0.41% |
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| 1901 | 7,795 | +3.37% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1906 | 7,574 | −0.57% |
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| 1911 | 7,815 | +0.63% |
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| 1921 | 6,591 | −1.69% |
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| 1926 | 6,848 | +0.77% |
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| 1931 | 7,119 | +0.78% |
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| 1936 | 6,198 | −2.73% |
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| 1946 | 4,657 | −2.82% |
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| 1954 | 6,155 | +3.55% |
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| 1962 | 6,954 | +1.54% |
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| 1968 | 7,798 | +1.93% |
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| 1975 | 7,797 | −0.00% |
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| 1982 | 7,355 | −0.83% |
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| 1990 | 6,970 | −0.67% |
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| 1999 | 6,869 | −0.16% |
|---|
| 2007 | 6,390 | −0.90% |
|---|
| 2012 | 6,197 | −0.61% |
|---|
| 2017 | 5,836 | −1.19% |
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