Year % of rural population 2000 73.6282141978768 2001 73.9750329156515 2002 74.3218516334264 2003 74.6686703512012 2004 75.015489068976 2005 75.3623077867508 2006 75.7091265045256 2007 76.0559452223004 2008 76.4027639400752 2009 76.74958265785 2010 77.0964013756249 2011 77.4432200933996 2012 77.6718771747576 2013 77.8994806336244 2014 78.1260304700004 2015 78.3515266838853 2016 78.5759692752794 2017 78.7993582441823 2018 79.0216935905944 2019 79.2429753145156 2020 79.4632034159457 2021 79.6823778948849 2022 79.6823778948849