Year % of rural population 2000 56.8110375423425 2001 55.1265760237725 2002 53.442114505202 2003 51.7576529866319 2004 50.0731914680619 2005 48.3887299494913 2006 46.7042684309213 2007 45.0198069123512 2008 43.3353453937807 2009 41.6508838752106 2010 39.9664223566406 2011 38.2819608380705 2012 36.5974993195 2013 34.9130378009299 2014 33.2285762823599 2015 31.5441147637894 2016 29.8596532452193 2017 28.1751917266492 2018 26.4907302080787 2019 24.8062686895087 2020 23.1218071709386 2021 21.4373456523681 2022 19.752884133798