Year % of rural population 2000 97.65799988277519 2001 97.7220590266886 2002 97.78358266726977 2003 97.84160036376211 2004 97.91464772058364 2005 97.99406045687338 2006 98.07219754846324 2007 98.14923347952366 2008 98.22537660472963 2009 98.29913473475276 2010 98.3705972526482 2011 98.40286815442666 2012 98.43433607544465 2013 98.46478906800404 2014 98.49512209946435 2015 98.514281926785 2016 98.53131753367191 2017 98.54813083525339 2018 98.56217480667992 2019 98.6057811031399 2020 98.58773990793102 2021 98.57082583008702 2022 98.6160088188731