Year % of rural population 2000 52.1843328420453 2001 52.5739741539301 2002 52.9638681601918 2003 53.3540148608305 2004 53.7444142558461 2005 54.1350663452387 2006 54.5259711290082 2007 54.9171286071546 2008 55.308538779678 2009 55.7002016465783 2010 56.0921172078556 2011 56.4842854635098 2012 56.876706413541 2013 57.2693800579491 2014 57.6623063967341 2015 58.0554854298961 2016 58.4489171574351 2017 58.8426015793509 2018 59.2365386956438 2019 59.6307285063134 2020 60.0251710113601 2021 60.3994784111103 2022 60.7737858108605