Year % of rural population 2000 44.412727345494 2001 43.5235183710765 2002 42.6420885876771 2003 41.7684379952956 2004 40.9025665939323 2005 40.0444743835871 2006 39.1941613642596 2007 38.3516275359502 2008 37.5168728986588 2009 36.6898974523854 2010 35.8707011971302 2011 35.0592841328928 2012 34.2556462596734 2013 33.4597875774719 2014 32.6717080862885 2015 31.8914077861232 2016 31.118886676976 2017 30.3541447588465 2018 29.5971820317351 2019 28.8479984956418 2020 28.1065941505663 2021 27.3729689965089 2022 27.3729689965089