Year % of rural population 2000 27.4544309424902 2001 28.8663751403654 2002 30.2780529942813 2003 31.6894645042381 2004 33.1006096702356 2005 34.511488492274 2006 35.9221009703529 2007 37.3324471044729 2008 38.7425268946338 2009 40.1523403408355 2010 41.561887443078 2011 42.971168201361 2012 44.3801826156851 2013 45.7889306860501 2014 47.1974124124559 2015 48.6056277949025 2016 50.01357683339 2017 51.4212595279179 2018 52.828675878487 2019 54.2358258850969 2020 55.6427095477476 2021 57.0547079549478 2022 58.4667063621481