Year % of rural population 2000 37.5296124511111 2001 38.2428260112073 2002 38.9562386437773 2003 39.669850348821 2004 40.3836611263385 2005 41.0976709763297 2006 41.8118798987945 2007 42.526287893733 2008 43.2408949611455 2009 43.9557011010314 2010 44.6707063133911 2011 45.3859105982246 2012 46.1013139555317 2013 46.8169163853127 2014 47.5327178875673 2015 48.2487184622956 2016 48.9649181094976 2017 49.6813168291733 2018 50.397914621323 2019 51.1147114859461 2020 51.831707423043 2021 52.5489024326136 2022 53.2662965146579