Year % of rural population 2000 38.0320153014951 2001 38.380160462019 2002 38.728305622543 2003 39.0764507830669 2004 39.4245959435909 2005 39.7727411041148 2006 40.1208862646388 2007 40.4690314251627 2008 40.8171765856867 2009 41.1653217462106 2010 41.5134669067346 2011 41.8616120672585 2012 42.2097572277824 2013 42.5579023883064 2014 42.9060475488304 2015 43.2541927093544 2016 43.6023378698782 2017 43.9504830304022 2018 44.2986281909262 2019 44.6467733514502 2020 44.994918511974 2021 45.343063672498 2022 45.691208833022