Year % of rural population 2000 54.490843546911 2001 54.6261993293237 2002 54.7616308836671 2003 54.8971382099411 2004 55.0327213081458 2005 55.1683801782811 2006 55.304114820347 2007 55.4399252343435 2008 55.5758114202708 2009 55.7117733781286 2010 55.8478111079171 2011 55.9839246096362 2012 56.1201138832859 2013 56.2563789288663 2014 56.3927197463774 2015 56.529136335819 2016 56.6656286971913 2017 56.8021968304943 2018 56.9388407357279 2019 57.0755604128921 2020 57.2123558619869 2021 57.3492270830124 2022 57.4861740759685