Year % of rural population 1999 26.700654342603272 2000 25.976356316964434 2001 29.021088726350815 2002 30.499993666544604 2003 28.289891611397092 2004 27.644267858860072 2005 28.95159989306704 2006 31.90113769104383 2007 29.69075206084748 2008 32.75035976171054 2009 35.532222066057976 2010 35.27283679388354 2011 37.172259219366886 2012 39.40908187171386 2013 40.352104981153154 2014 39.9182720299686 2015 40.613116752568715 2016 46.42382699708607 2017 48.70727067976674 2018 49.380745402730554 2019 50.47394144786276 2020 51.14339106965861 2021 52.49770447728779 2022 53.14514955316473