Year % of rural population 2000 97.1731668840796 2001 97.27038530483816 2002 97.37615803334644 2003 97.48945843385435 2004 97.64969573907153 2005 97.72384756164217 2006 97.81411880040224 2007 97.910035521212 2008 97.96242607401321 2009 98.02284261429163 2010 98.07023518322023 2011 98.11230092210461 2012 98.17287725258262 2013 98.2029734779901 2014 98.24701908449185 2015 98.26204094247234 2016 98.2905959274544 2017 98.31292999258487 2018 98.31045294056186 2019 98.33625254724957 2020 98.36616172578732 2021 98.35817014842942 2022 98.44850395423474