| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 1,593 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,655 | +0.55% |
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| 1806 | 1,927 | +2.57% |
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| 1821 | 2,023 | +0.32% |
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| 1831 | 2,750 | +3.12% |
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| 1836 | 3,105 | +2.46% |
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| 1841 | 2,907 | −1.31% |
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| 1846 | 3,004 | +0.66% |
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| 1851 | 3,125 | +0.79% |
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| 1856 | 3,291 | +1.04% |
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| 1861 | 3,546 | +1.50% |
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| 1866 | 3,928 | +2.07% |
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| 1872 | 3,903 | −0.11% |
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| 1876 | 3,922 | +0.12% |
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| 1881 | 3,904 | −0.09% |
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| 1886 | 4,310 | +2.00% |
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| 1891 | 4,252 | −0.27% |
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| 1896 | 4,516 | +1.21% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 4,951 | +1.86% |
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| 1906 | 4,328 | −2.65% |
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| 1911 | 4,102 | −1.07% |
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| 1921 | 4,461 | +0.84% |
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| 1926 | 4,512 | +0.23% |
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| 1931 | 5,053 | +2.29% |
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| 1936 | 5,160 | +0.42% |
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| 1946 | 5,043 | −0.23% |
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| 1954 | 5,977 | +2.15% |
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| 1962 | 6,493 | +1.04% |
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| 1968 | 6,882 | +0.97% |
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| 1975 | 6,986 | +0.21% |
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| 1982 | 7,162 | +0.36% |
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| 1990 | 7,094 | −0.12% |
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| 1999 | 7,465 | +0.57% |
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| 2007 | 7,714 | +0.41% |
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| 2012 | 7,647 | −0.17% |
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| 2017 | 7,361 | −0.76% |
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