Year % of rural population 2000 26.6235670674762 2001 26.6691787159983 2002 27.9318680338432 2003 29.1987133205817 2004 30.4697145762138 2005 31.7448718007396 2006 33.0241849941594 2007 34.3076541564724 2008 35.595279287679 2009 36.8870603877793 2010 38.1829974567731 2011 39.4830904946607 2012 40.7873395014418 2013 42.0957444771166 2014 43.408305421685 2015 44.7250223351474 2016 46.045895217503 2017 47.3709240687523 2018 48.7001088888952 2019 50.0334496779317 2020 51.3709464358619 2021 52.7125991626856 2022 54.058407858403