Year % of rural population 2000 34.7137408207564 2001 34.6941433140945 2002 34.6745458074325 2003 34.6549483007706 2004 34.6353507941088 2005 34.6157532874468 2006 34.5961557807849 2007 34.5765582741231 2008 34.561202232659 2009 34.6028320676003 2010 34.6442902225026 2011 34.7105668104071 2012 34.7762884469334 2013 34.8414397981206 2014 34.9060054483544 2015 34.9699699003677 2016 35.0333175752398 2017 35.096032812397 2018 35.1580998696127 2019 35.2195029230068 2020 35.280226067046 2021 35.3976657755039 2022 35.6007589351795