Year % of rural population 2000 46.8655015381902 2001 47.3856089303603 2002 47.9057163225304 2003 48.4258237147002 2004 48.9459311068703 2005 49.4660384990404 2006 49.8418050446314 2007 50.214567848287 2008 50.5843269100074 2009 50.9510822297923 2010 51.3148338076421 2011 50.5223948656829 2012 49.733729527642 2013 48.9488377935194 2014 48.1677196633149 2015 47.390375137029 2016 46.6168042146615 2017 45.8470068962122 2018 45.0809831816813 2019 44.3187330710684 2020 43.5602565643741 2021 42.8055536615982 2022 42.0546243627405