Year % of rural population 2000 99.32246552994884 2001 99.33423003467007 2002 99.34456717255286 2003 99.35567667324145 2004 99.3677398261939 2005 99.20542187547602 2006 99.21569262567871 2007 99.2243305021225 2008 99.2742930914025 2009 99.29880772365509 2010 99.1271949468859 2011 98.94815742225717 2012 98.7694106541632 2013 98.56754817100959 2014 98.36154731156931 2015 98.15199474258975 2016 97.9375981269702 2017 97.71852544034138 2018 97.50011288979577 2019 97.26802772146128 2020 97.0351253390585 2021 96.80137430908152 2022 96.84663314985833