Year % of rural population 2000 17.829446752315 2001 18.12155819099 2002 18.4136696296651 2003 18.70578106834 2004 18.997892507015 2005 19.2900039456899 2006 19.582115384365 2007 19.87422682304 2008 20.1663382617149 2009 20.4584497003899 2010 20.7505611390649 2011 21.0426725777399 2012 21.3347840164148 2013 21.6268954550898 2014 21.9190068937649 2015 22.2111183324398 2016 22.5032297711148 2017 22.7953412097897 2018 23.0874526484648 2019 23.3795640871398 2020 23.6716755258147 2021 23.9637869644897 2022 24.2558984031647