Year % of rural population 2000 62.502765998227666 2001 60.31705398042415 2002 58.09888902611183 2003 55.88492701991881 2004 53.666841943119366 2005 51.44658304340211 2006 49.22768734749164 2007 47.00642697991392 2008 44.78799832130446 2009 42.56983485535779 2010 40.34436771239404 2011 38.120722226119334 2012 35.90144005701309 2013 33.684102010459306 2014 31.468142034717907 2015 29.256421851229717 2016 27.051813921646758 2017 24.81390079316839 2018 22.56429632882699 2019 20.38058518315655 2020 18.259621563284735 2021 16.184594211727234 2022 14.17218902575664