| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,395 | — |
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| 1800 | 2,522 | +0.74% |
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| 1806 | 2,965 | +2.73% |
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| 1821 | 2,521 | −1.08% |
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| 1831 | 3,280 | +2.67% |
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| 1836 | 3,071 | −1.31% |
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| 1841 | 3,005 | −0.43% |
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| 1846 | 3,021 | +0.11% |
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| 1851 | 2,970 | −0.34% |
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| 1856 | 3,060 | +0.60% |
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| 1861 | 2,887 | −1.16% |
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| 1866 | 2,733 | −1.09% |
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| 1872 | 2,769 | +0.22% |
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| 1876 | 2,954 | +1.63% |
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| 1881 | 2,886 | −0.46% |
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| 1886 | 2,869 | −0.12% |
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| 1891 | 2,815 | −0.38% |
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| 1896 | 2,908 | +0.65% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 3,005 | +0.66% |
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| 1906 | 2,722 | −1.96% |
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| 1911 | 2,600 | −0.91% |
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| 1921 | 2,426 | −0.69% |
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| 1926 | 2,670 | +1.94% |
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| 1931 | 2,801 | +0.96% |
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| 1936 | 2,859 | +0.41% |
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| 1946 | 2,611 | −0.90% |
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| 1954 | 3,099 | +2.16% |
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| 1962 | 3,617 | +1.95% |
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| 1968 | 4,785 | +4.77% |
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| 1975 | 5,995 | +3.27% |
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| 1982 | 7,970 | +4.15% |
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| 1990 | 8,446 | +0.73% |
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| 1999 | 9,231 | +0.99% |
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| 2007 | 9,655 | +0.56% |
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| 2012 | 9,653 | −0.00% |
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| 2017 | 9,293 | −0.76% |
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