Year % of rural population 2000 60.2836837323595 2001 59.7060046461507 2002 59.1283255599416 2003 58.5506464737325 2004 57.9978143745072 2005 57.44448709329 2006 56.8906646300807 2007 56.3363469848799 2008 55.7815341576866 2009 55.2262261485016 2010 54.6704229573244 2011 54.1141245841552 2012 53.5573310289942 2013 53.0000422918411 2014 52.442258372696 2015 51.8839792715594 2016 51.3252049884305 2017 50.7659355233095 2018 50.2061708761965 2019 49.6459110470915 2020 49.0851560359948 2021 48.5239058429058 2022 47.9621604678254