Year % of rural population 2000 43.85689298008394 2001 43.656929825355625 2002 43.347265010416116 2003 43.03811999530375 2004 42.738793886766096 2005 42.44376262467112 2006 42.14402989001044 2007 41.83888522290191 2008 41.53305259073227 2009 41.22336147070972 2010 40.909123602055914 2011 40.59908092269603 2012 40.29326868296016 2013 39.98236121854345 2014 39.664759775525354 2015 39.33931190941802 2016 39.01114647455392 2017 38.68114508525266 2018 38.40663506755743 2019 38.06417238834523 2020 37.713670079677726 2021 37.35985198763323 2022 37.13959563009561