Year % of rural population 2000 0.6233484522323359 2001 0.6133257890211774 2002 0.5900861632463344 2003 0.5664857445542716 2004 0.5428164332040949 2005 0.5187289135765213 2006 0.4938501522571274 2007 0.4686916324595915 2008 0.44408392274332337 2009 0.41960642276089033 2010 0.39828658014278606 2011 0.378283757324857 2012 0.35878991265470755 2013 0.3393619448144164 2014 0.32021720335701453 2015 0.30073291745383035 2016 0.28102205791638163 2017 0.2621365303469518 2018 0.24290412001361616 2019 0.23592257622352433 2020 0.2270755070369419 2021 0.22571000407130704 2022 0.22943398048462707