Year % of rural population 1990 100 1991 100 1992 100 1993 100 1994 100 1995 100 1996 100 1997 100 1998 100 1999 100 2000 96.98353751978571 2001 97.1393056536797 2002 97.31200145593877 2003 97.4587238774695 2004 97.58247321956752 2005 97.72041682740846 2006 97.861397829429 2007 98.00915430081024 2008 98.1376981746525 2009 98.31447145136364 2010 98.36136594388532 2011 98.48458393434416 2012 98.63819440922039 2013 98.79813017575549 2014 98.9867814889058 2015 99.21152887978688 2016 99.4010297470323 2017 99.81514881400275 2018 99.8586146071685 2019 99.9284614046259 2020 99.97355723022332 2021 99.97821011155884 2022 99.98356843871001