Year % of rural population 2000 16.777403295164824 2001 16.990525384375783 2002 17.394193929550237 2003 17.79475816494298 2004 18.19350607355249 2005 18.732133469049263 2006 19.247092679084368 2007 19.73636735221942 2008 20.267965002394718 2009 20.831027776808188 2010 21.386926171710513 2011 21.63524605546323 2012 22.20557789054821 2013 22.780257826956277 2014 23.35338424863919 2015 23.915360536996626 2016 24.469365575809363 2017 25.05579913132752 2018 25.54870593508188 2019 26.042716899470765 2020 26.50492756559572 2021 27.039873395501 2022 27.50736788601376