Year % of rural population 2000 99.350358377724 2001 99.350358377724 2002 99.350358377724 2003 99.350358377724 2004 99.350358377724 2005 99.3156267312349 2006 99.2808950847458 2007 99.2461634382566 2008 99.2114317917676 2009 99.1767001452784 2010 99.1419684987893 2011 99.1072368523002 2012 99.0725052058111 2013 99.037773559322 2014 99.0030419128329 2015 98.9683102663438 2016 98.9335786198547 2017 98.8988469733656 2018 98.8641153268765 2019 98.8293836803874 2020 98.7946520338983 2021 98.7599203874092 2022 98.7599203874092