Year % of rural population 2000 48.4042605666622 2001 48.8069941753552 2002 49.2097277840482 2003 49.6124613927412 2004 50.0151950014342 2005 50.4179286101272 2006 50.8206622188202 2007 51.2233958275132 2008 51.6261294362061 2009 52.0288630448993 2010 52.4315966535923 2011 52.8343302622853 2012 53.1561977513419 2013 53.4768417505281 2014 53.7962622598443 2015 54.1144592792904 2016 54.4314328088663 2017 54.7471828485719 2018 55.0617093984073 2019 55.3750124583727 2020 55.6870920284678 2021 55.9979481086928 2022 55.9979481086928