Year % of rural population 2000 62.9023072480582 2001 61.3758989568355 2002 59.8494906656128 2003 58.3230823743897 2004 56.7966740831671 2005 55.2702657919444 2006 53.7438575007218 2007 52.2174492094991 2008 50.691040918276 2009 49.1646326270534 2010 47.6382243358307 2011 46.1118160446081 2012 44.5854077533854 2013 43.0589994621628 2014 41.5325911709397 2015 40.006182879717 2016 38.4797745884944 2017 36.9533662972717 2018 35.4269580060491 2019 33.900549714826 2020 32.3741414236033 2021 30.8477331323807 2022 29.321324841158