Year % of rural population 2000 75.7413425346497 2001 74.9045495828102 2002 74.067756630971 2003 73.2309636791317 2004 72.3941707272922 2005 71.557377775453 2006 70.7205848236138 2007 69.8837918717743 2008 69.046998919935 2009 68.2102059680958 2010 67.3734130162563 2011 66.5366200644171 2012 65.6998271125779 2013 64.8630341607384 2014 64.0262412088991 2015 63.1894482570597 2016 62.3526553052204 2017 61.5158623533812 2018 60.6790694015417 2019 59.8422764497025 2020 59.0054834978632 2021 58.1686905460237 2022 57.3318975941845