Year % of rural population 2000 47.776522174201574 2001 46.932074111400816 2002 45.943702669576666 2003 44.93383688117554 2004 43.94660200754399 2005 42.8173548989079 2006 41.675704603772964 2007 40.574726656924504 2008 39.427594118706494 2009 38.26427388732328 2010 37.10238860393979 2011 35.935483481322464 2012 34.77768386650742 2013 33.629547725249985 2014 32.4756082389394 2015 31.32408482194108 2016 30.1756686774027 2017 28.780048010228914 2018 27.62967597670353 2019 26.506454313442035 2020 25.363177715517068 2021 24.47294441310094 2022 24.04068268551042