Year % of rural population 2000 34.2168342650785 2001 34.4876809358357 2002 34.758527606593 2003 35.0293742773503 2004 35.3002209481076 2005 35.5710676188648 2006 35.8419142896221 2007 36.1127609603793 2008 36.3836076311366 2009 36.6544543018939 2010 36.9253009726512 2011 37.1961476434085 2012 37.4669943141657 2013 37.737840984923 2014 38.0086876556802 2015 38.2795343264375 2016 38.5503809971947 2017 38.8212276679521 2018 39.0920743387093 2019 39.3629210094666 2020 39.6337676802238 2021 39.9046143509811 2022 40.1754610217383