Year % of rural population 2000 36.83897002924675 2001 36.04629251891195 2002 35.22096526813492 2003 34.33249727309914 2004 33.44201691322771 2005 32.5484360808631 2006 31.648739768784857 2007 30.74428453561255 2008 29.834344692738583 2009 28.92119500711521 2010 27.991638435223244 2011 27.05334079279777 2012 26.11799958205785 2013 25.17940014676426 2014 24.238394573175317 2015 23.296388822818038 2016 22.356199567903133 2017 21.419824347466268 2018 20.481504420559446 2019 19.54262580169737 2020 18.597997921048574 2021 17.645096792666365 2022 16.688451671068925