Year % of rural population 2000 25.5036326763524 2001 25.8233045698798 2002 26.1628579623416 2003 26.5028975700146 2004 26.8434233928987 2005 27.184435430994 2006 27.5259336843005 2007 27.8679181528181 2008 28.2072392840195 2009 28.5432886839387 2010 28.8798138600213 2011 29.2168148122671 2012 29.5542915406764 2013 29.8922440452489 2014 30.2306723259848 2015 30.569576382884 2016 30.9089562159465 2017 31.2488118251724 2018 31.5891432105617 2019 31.9299503721143 2020 32.2712333098301 2021 32.6129920237093 2022 32.9552265137519