Year % of rural population 2000 22.1764550689272 2001 22.1049548458445 2002 22.3184215445274 2003 22.544237086673 2004 22.772722473754 2005 22.9998200058854 2006 23.2255296830675 2007 23.4498515053001 2008 23.6727854725834 2009 23.8943315849171 2010 24.1144898423015 2011 24.3332602447366 2012 24.5506427922221 2013 24.7666374847582 2014 24.9812443223449 2015 25.1944633049822 2016 25.4062944326701 2017 25.6167377054085 2018 25.8257931231975 2019 26.0334606860372 2020 26.2397403939274 2021 26.4446322468681 2022 26.6481362448595