| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 964 | — |
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| 1800 | 2,803 | +16.47% |
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| 1806 | 1,322 | −11.77% |
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| 1821 | 1,642 | +1.46% |
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| 1831 | 1,886 | +1.40% |
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| 1836 | 2,060 | +1.78% |
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| 1841 | 2,475 | +3.74% |
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| 1846 | 2,610 | +1.07% |
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| 1851 | 2,988 | +2.74% |
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| 1856 | 3,240 | +1.63% |
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| 1861 | 3,291 | +0.31% |
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| 1866 | 3,585 | +1.73% |
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| 1872 | 3,850 | +1.20% |
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| 1876 | 4,195 | +2.17% |
|---|
| 1881 | 4,164 | −0.15% |
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| 1886 | 4,464 | +1.40% |
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| 1891 | 5,289 | +3.45% |
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| 1896 | 5,703 | +1.52% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 5,960 | +0.89% |
|---|
| 1906 | 6,133 | +0.57% |
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| 1911 | 6,539 | +1.29% |
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| 1921 | 6,084 | −0.72% |
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| 1926 | 6,237 | +0.50% |
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| 1931 | 7,035 | +2.44% |
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| 1936 | 7,573 | +1.48% |
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| 1946 | 8,186 | +0.78% |
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| 1954 | 8,374 | +0.28% |
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| 1962 | 10,000 | +2.24% |
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| 1968 | 11,665 | +2.60% |
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| 1975 | 13,715 | +2.34% |
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| 1982 | 13,197 | −0.55% |
|---|
| 1990 | 13,461 | +0.25% |
|---|
| 1999 | 12,696 | −0.65% |
|---|
| 2009 | 12,867 | +0.13% |
|---|
| 2014 | 13,069 | +0.31% |
|---|
| 2020 | 12,701 | −0.47% |
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