Year % of rural population 2000 78.3650299291511 2001 78.3782097169394 2002 78.3913895047277 2003 78.1838547018616 2004 77.9403437385961 2005 77.6967875554572 2006 77.4531861643627 2007 77.2095395772304 2008 76.9658478059784 2009 76.7221108625242 2010 76.4783287587858 2011 76.234501506681 2012 75.9906291181276 2013 75.7467116050435 2014 75.5027489793466 2015 75.5093622467024 2016 75.5159743171539 2017 75.5225851907012 2018 75.5165240934339 2019 75.5104629961666 2020 75.5044018988993 2021 75.498340801632 2022 75.4922797043647