Year % of rural population 2000 69.5544789130846 2001 69.7693299112585 2002 69.9841809094323 2003 70.1990319076061 2004 70.4138829057799 2005 70.6287339039537 2006 70.8435849021275 2007 71.0584359003012 2008 71.2732868984751 2009 71.4881378966489 2010 71.7029888948227 2011 71.9178398929965 2012 72.1326908911703 2013 72.3475418893441 2014 72.5623928875179 2015 73.5333832241938 2016 75.0786480854217 2017 76.6317319069067 2018 78.1926346886477 2019 79.7613564306456 2020 81.3378971329 2021 82.9222567954104 2022 82.9222567954104