Year % of rural population 2000 40.627122644007 2001 41.2547071278456 2002 41.8679527770674 2003 42.4668595916731 2004 43.0514275716619 2005 43.6216567170347 2006 44.1775470277907 2007 44.7190985039306 2008 45.2463111454536 2009 45.7591849523606 2010 46.2577199246508 2011 46.7419160623249 2012 47.211773365382 2013 47.6672918338232 2014 48.1084714676476 2015 48.9515763483244 2016 49.7946812290013 2017 50.6377861096778 2018 51.4808909903546 2019 52.3239958710311 2020 53.1671007517079 2021 54.0102056323844 2022 54.8533105130613