Year % of rural population 2000 99.7965262980107 2001 99.6832422660549 2002 99.5699582340991 2003 99.4566742021432 2004 99.3433901701874 2005 99.2301061382315 2006 99.1168221062757 2007 99.0035380743199 2008 98.8902540423641 2009 98.7769700104082 2010 98.6636859784524 2011 98.5504019464965 2012 98.4371179145407 2013 98.3238338825849 2014 98.210549850629 2015 98.0972658186732 2016 97.9839817867174 2017 97.8706977547616 2018 97.7574137228057 2019 97.6441296908499 2020 97.530845658894 2021 97.4175616269382 2022 97.3042775949824