Year % of rural population 2000 24.5266129759883 2001 24.269910938127 2002 24.0132089002657 2003 23.922796408823 2004 23.8287902185516 2005 23.7311903294518 2006 23.6299967415235 2007 23.5252094547666 2008 23.4168284691812 2009 23.3048537847673 2010 23.1892854015248 2011 23.0701233194539 2012 22.9473675385543 2013 22.8210180588263 2014 22.6910748802698 2015 22.5575380028847 2016 22.420407426671 2017 22.2796831516289 2018 22.1353651777582 2019 21.9874535050591 2020 21.8359481335313 2021 21.680849063175 2022 21.680849063175