Year % of rural population 2000 54.3034756801219 2001 53.9338576407405 2002 53.5642396013592 2003 53.1946215619778 2004 52.8250035225965 2005 52.4553854832151 2006 52.0857674438337 2007 51.7161494044524 2008 51.346531365071 2009 50.9769133256897 2010 50.6072952863082 2011 50.2376772469269 2012 49.8680592075455 2013 49.4984411681642 2014 49.1288231287828 2015 48.7592050894015 2016 48.3895870500201 2017 48.0199690106388 2018 47.6503509712574 2019 47.2807329318761 2020 47.2807329318761 2021 47.2807329318761 2022 47.2807329318761