Year % of rural population 2000 58.55472004481039 2001 59.0540715454526 2002 54.84025059845636 2003 55.73217619432753 2004 56.628366928105095 2005 57.53859152025164 2006 59.80643916321107 2007 60.68280516811682 2008 61.58038985042523 2009 62.474044258227295 2010 63.36181040616552 2011 64.22435053585782 2012 65.07696816694903 2013 65.91734186690945 2014 66.69239673870256 2015 67.5732337024215 2016 68.36592771380944 2017 69.16786291396824 2018 65.88661503274727 2019 66.84990835915315 2020 72.35539541946821 2021 72.9938154833213 2022 73.21590641820431