Year % of rural population 2000 84.14858720017531 2001 84.11580088579434 2002 84.0690799906189 2003 84.01503864957206 2004 83.95974561546193 2005 83.66278463477191 2006 83.31723271209798 2007 82.97590262650998 2008 82.61845443604285 2009 82.24815243438617 2010 81.86610706638272 2011 81.47688948661296 2012 81.07822841074756 2013 80.75544509386265 2014 80.42761046814915 2015 80.09490208380339 2016 79.76107239236318 2017 79.42770345257053 2018 79.0917401049522 2019 79.17118773827042 2020 79.27433821480828 2021 79.40006752817506 2022 79.54120237581373