Year % of rural population 2000 40.26070297848538 2001 40.6900459041892 2002 41.1376465916736 2003 41.59036769532479 2004 42.03608383497359 2005 42.48197811768659 2006 42.92796802730027 2007 43.37356142396035 2008 43.93110218505583 2009 44.49097034598191 2010 45.04897214472579 2011 45.60165194223512 2012 46.14855799346187 2013 47.01719476330567 2014 47.88806858874678 2015 48.76012567727821 2016 49.52364030309074 2017 50.42786044646572 2018 51.13472813176069 2019 51.9490689214681 2020 52.76277443660472 2021 52.57328160856015 2022 53.04898717965535