Year % of rural population 2000 55.6680702468029 2001 55.060760009123 2002 54.2968669841189 2003 53.5329739591147 2004 52.7835479566754 2005 52.0337031007169 2006 51.283439391239 2007 50.532756828242 2008 49.7816554117256 2009 49.0301351416898 2010 48.2781960181346 2011 47.5258380410602 2012 46.7730612104665 2013 46.0198655263536 2014 45.2615868056039 2015 44.5025458017833 2016 43.7427422354473 2017 42.9821758271511 2018 42.2208462974503 2019 41.4587533669001 2020 40.695896756056 2021 39.9322761854733 2022 39.1678913757076