Year % of rural population 2000 62.7965323015538 2001 63.3949672600612 2002 63.9952570794098 2003 64.5974017595994 2004 65.2014013006299 2005 65.8072557025015 2006 66.414964965214 2007 67.0245290887674 2008 67.6359480731618 2009 68.2492219183973 2010 68.8643506244737 2011 69.481334191391 2012 70.1001726191492 2013 70.7208659077485 2014 71.3434140571887 2015 71.96781706747 2016 72.5940749385922 2017 73.2221876705554 2018 73.8521552633595 2019 74.4839777170047 2020 75.1176550314908 2021 75.7531872068179 2022 76.3905742429857