Year % of rural population 2000 75.4670536781164 2001 74.5686806985718 2002 73.6703077190273 2003 72.7719347394827 2004 71.8735617599382 2005 70.9751887803936 2006 70.0768158008491 2007 69.1784428213043 2008 68.2800698417598 2009 67.3816968622152 2010 66.4833238826707 2011 65.5849509031261 2012 64.6865779235816 2013 63.788204944037 2014 62.8898319644925 2015 61.9914589849477 2016 61.0930860054032 2017 60.1947130258586 2018 59.2963400463141 2019 58.3979670667695 2020 57.499594087225 2021 56.6012211076804 2022 55.7028481281357