Year % of rural population 2000 3.41835952264095 2001 3.357169213013 2002 3.29648456999182 2003 3.2363055935774 2004 3.17663228376974 2005 3.11746464056885 2006 3.05880266397471 2007 3.00064635398733 2008 2.94299571060672 2009 2.88585073383288 2010 2.82921142366579 2011 2.77307778010548 2012 2.71744980315192 2013 2.66232749280513 2014 2.60771084906508 2015 2.55359987193182 2016 2.49999456140531 2017 2.44689491748557 2018 2.39430094017258 2019 2.34221262946637 2020 2.29062998536691 2021 2.23955300787422 2022 2.23955300787422