Year % of rural population 2000 25.51881487554238 2001 25.528471527527223 2002 25.684733235293724 2003 25.87192282178726 2004 26.071316570616283 2005 26.342555555188742 2006 26.617449488065304 2007 26.89479871967002 2008 27.18757761104992 2009 27.479414145954557 2010 27.789057719150552 2011 27.711746078314956 2012 28.041695836643065 2013 28.31838114713383 2014 28.573711370157444 2015 28.814611984575215 2016 29.090419206473612 2017 29.428749456574053 2018 29.691819192229477 2019 29.956049899327695 2020 30.173094499889842 2021 30.743565840145003 2022 30.760337176415387