Year % of rural population 2000 60.60870162640329 2001 61.00057434750005 2002 58.08744141446344 2003 58.80768530809964 2004 59.529201871150384 2005 60.30151896254931 2006 61.888064921821965 2007 62.62653426833603 2008 63.372029570961885 2009 64.38766004791741 2010 65.11183173107189 2011 65.80594992555369 2012 66.48926923654646 2013 67.16693124661765 2014 67.7982060752786 2015 68.4881753363064 2016 69.11837657968188 2017 69.75312682266258 2018 67.88448769696348 2019 68.45649682673756 2020 71.94979509477753 2021 72.32399806587641 2022 72.44330992150648