Year % of rural population 2000 60.49046936739859 2001 60.54302083538094 2002 60.96306492641023 2003 61.52826643067272 2004 62.12468602890431 2005 62.78089244606301 2006 63.54019205101533 2007 64.3742952397455 2008 64.96555896558776 2009 65.30480577121153 2010 65.6607323400327 2011 65.99679500144278 2012 66.31123279036795 2013 66.63632840782758 2014 67.1636431018182 2015 67.74150105115821 2016 68.30780949281142 2017 68.851679144524 2018 69.3744763327161 2019 69.87030820987819 2020 70.3458871572919 2021 70.77105575168213 2022 70.81810213786592