Year % of rural population 2000 26.0932924784966 2001 25.2422367716652 2002 24.3911810648337 2003 23.5401253580026 2004 22.6890696511712 2005 21.83801394434 2006 20.9869582375086 2007 20.1359025306772 2008 19.284846823846 2009 18.4337911170146 2010 17.5827354101834 2011 16.731679703352 2012 15.8806239965206 2013 15.0295682896895 2014 14.178512582858 2015 13.3274568760266 2016 12.4764011691955 2017 11.6253454623641 2018 10.7742897555329 2019 9.92323404870149 2020 9.07217834187009 2021 8.22112263503891 2022 7.37006692820751