Year % of rural population 2000 39.89460651635655 2001 40.675442268490066 2002 41.529354176147194 2003 42.53186173425837 2004 43.58911619053885 2005 44.677591741746014 2006 45.708983612354665 2007 46.61896257323118 2008 47.590422371817105 2009 48.47864111406236 2010 49.221284358326855 2011 49.901732880720374 2012 50.571439940945915 2013 51.086144446286056 2014 51.65707005432918 2015 52.147218462205636 2016 52.64121134575991 2017 53.14292179722131 2018 53.572485283675235 2019 53.866116054298615 2020 54.050826289243865 2021 54.28302483608075 2022 54.55271703910235