| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,225 | — |
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| 1800 | 3,356 | +6.05% |
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| 1806 | 3,332 | −0.12% |
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| 1821 | 3,442 | +0.22% |
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| 1831 | 4,193 | +1.99% |
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| 1836 | 4,382 | +0.89% |
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| 1841 | 4,364 | −0.08% |
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| 1846 | 4,558 | +0.87% |
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| 1851 | 4,419 | −0.62% |
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| 1856 | 4,223 | −0.90% |
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| 1861 | 1,490 | −18.81% |
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| 1866 | 4,276 | +23.47% |
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| 1872 | 4,323 | +0.18% |
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| 1876 | 4,333 | +0.06% |
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| 1881 | 3,888 | −2.14% |
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| 1886 | 4,079 | +0.96% |
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| 1891 | 4,097 | +0.09% |
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| 1896 | 4,118 | +0.10% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1901 | 4,054 | −0.31% |
|---|
| 1906 | 4,063 | +0.04% |
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| 1911 | 4,121 | +0.28% |
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| 1921 | 3,884 | −0.59% |
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| 1926 | 4,013 | +0.66% |
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| 1931 | 3,989 | −0.12% |
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| 1936 | 3,688 | −1.56% |
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| 1946 | 3,540 | −0.41% |
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| 1954 | 3,285 | −0.93% |
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| 1962 | 2,767 | −2.12% |
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| 1968 | 2,703 | −0.39% |
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| 1975 | 2,782 | +0.41% |
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| 1982 | 3,288 | +2.42% |
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| 1990 | 3,374 | +0.32% |
|---|
| 1999 | 3,051 | −1.11% |
|---|
| 2007 | 3,206 | +0.62% |
|---|
| 2012 | 3,338 | +0.81% |
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| 2017 | 3,496 | +0.93% |
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