| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,216 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,985 | −1.56% |
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| 1806 | 2,263 | +2.21% |
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| 1821 | 2,518 | +0.71% |
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| 1831 | 2,546 | +0.11% |
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| 1836 | 2,613 | +0.52% |
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| 1841 | 2,561 | −0.40% |
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| 1846 | 2,769 | +1.57% |
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| 1851 | 2,826 | +0.41% |
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| 1856 | 2,931 | +0.73% |
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| 1861 | 2,879 | −0.36% |
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| 1866 | 2,913 | +0.24% |
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| 1872 | 2,891 | −0.13% |
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| 1876 | 2,961 | +0.60% |
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| 1881 | 3,280 | +2.07% |
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| 1886 | 3,581 | +1.77% |
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| 1891 | 3,201 | −2.22% |
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| 1896 | 3,073 | −0.81% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,942 | −0.87% |
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| 1906 | 3,042 | +0.67% |
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| 1911 | 3,204 | +1.04% |
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| 1921 | 2,953 | −0.81% |
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| 1926 | 3,053 | +0.67% |
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| 1931 | 3,067 | +0.09% |
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| 1936 | 3,073 | +0.04% |
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| 1946 | 3,415 | +1.06% |
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| 1954 | 3,933 | +1.78% |
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| 1962 | 4,256 | +0.99% |
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| 1968 | 4,052 | −0.82% |
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| 1975 | 4,093 | +0.14% |
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| 1982 | 4,416 | +1.09% |
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| 1990 | 4,780 | +0.99% |
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| 1999 | 5,098 | +0.72% |
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| 2007 | 5,329 | +0.56% |
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| 2012 | 5,472 | +0.53% |
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| 2017 | 5,492 | +0.07% |
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