Year % of rural population 2000 17.441267526926502 2001 16.8979998623324 2002 21.47986048167099 2003 20.679326451716165 2004 19.876998472954796 2005 19.08573780649394 2006 17.462325282888163 2007 16.726754488258333 2008 15.978598901890487 2009 15.22565009341014 2010 14.472641770571842 2011 13.735264661006608 2012 12.99870588949551 2013 12.259959102473799 2014 11.51682822454539 2015 10.826267419350327 2016 10.132943020631282 2017 9.44117771260381 2018 10.139170691055218 2019 10.528757184609905 2020 9.69948857546952 2021 9.049483669437038 2022 8.68118016255094