Year % of rural population 2000 63.10369653548195 2001 65.09873583387892 2002 65.40794222108279 2003 64.37140182979428 2004 63.96331749220957 2005 65.45126757322149 2006 66.16475240026519 2007 66.33343533452992 2008 68.18828746474868 2009 69.78876688417338 2010 70.41845076299334 2011 71.93078002466896 2012 72.58850818097548 2013 73.89734112087383 2014 74.19534202774321 2015 74.78793202849737 2016 77.55561382469523 2017 79.19125028500181 2018 80.5331594468376 2019 81.22197717501581 2020 81.49510316868947 2021 83.12945638727861 2022 82.63343981814165