Year % of rural population 2000 69.2926520397248 2001 69.726370129126 2002 70.1612659372466 2003 70.5973394640866 2004 71.0345907096461 2005 71.4730196739252 2006 71.9126263569237 2007 72.3534107586417 2008 72.7953728790793 2009 73.2385127182362 2010 73.6828302761126 2011 74.1283255527086 2012 74.574998548024 2013 75.0228492620589 2014 75.4718776948134 2015 75.9220838462872 2016 76.3734677164805 2017 76.8260293053934 2018 77.2797686130257 2019 77.7346856393774 2020 78.1907803844488 2021 78.6480528482396 2022 79.1065030307498