Year % of rural population 2000 57.9760393139407 2001 58.376974621578 2002 57.8872861429735 2003 57.3951845874782 2004 56.900669955092 2005 56.4037422458152 2006 55.904401459647 2007 55.4026475965884 2008 54.8984806566391 2009 54.3919006397989 2010 53.8829075460678 2011 53.371501375446 2012 52.8576821279333 2013 52.3414498035294 2014 51.8228044022352 2015 51.30174592405 2016 50.778274368974 2017 50.2523897370073 2018 49.7240920281497 2019 49.1933812424008 2020 48.6602573797617 2021 48.1247204402317 2022 47.5867704238107