Year % of rural population 2000 37.700946042939854 2001 37.32834977108991 2002 36.87155584887396 2003 36.383638249632895 2004 35.90789121922224 2005 35.30073148063738 2006 34.701330058757364 2007 34.146526959960305 2008 33.5338316047488 2009 32.90013893205653 2010 32.267850151538624 2011 32.44397381665713 2012 31.827678637234573 2013 31.212911561142466 2014 30.57754830173805 2015 29.937394546834003 2016 29.291164131352737 2017 28.407147997102193 2018 27.783072432187506 2019 27.19862362343439 2020 26.597598763451874 2021 26.275618811558694 2022 25.85529453941175