Year % of rural population 2000 3.761635275432543 2001 3.622410787327089 2002 3.4798456521416297 2003 3.3347832192078948 2004 3.187017506045692 2005 3.0375093890813725 2006 2.8858452793545086 2007 2.7326960063432573 2008 2.5770926002933807 2009 2.42234919247425 2010 2.2696927045561983 2011 2.1206353464500647 2012 1.9664666449754458 2013 1.8098405173688015 2014 1.6514934039105522 2015 1.4936742201957498 2016 1.3367355384286799 2017 1.1710151230615138 2018 1.019209415094802 2019 0.8673922726301846 2020 0.7127439420361402 2021 0.5622191335593248 2022 0.4712002931974278