Year % of rural population 2000 25.0100130522978 2001 25.2719202116287 2002 25.5338273709596 2003 25.7957345302906 2004 26.0576416896215 2005 26.3195488489524 2006 26.5814560082833 2007 26.8433631676143 2008 27.1052703269452 2009 27.3671774862762 2010 27.6290846456071 2011 27.890991804938 2012 28.1528989642689 2013 26.7262560754839 2014 25.2684855172319 2015 23.7795872895132 2016 22.2595613923276 2017 20.7084078256751 2018 19.1261265895557 2019 17.5127176839695 2020 15.8681811089164 2021 14.1925168643965 2022 14.1925168643965