Year % of rural population 2000 47.31132926355939 2001 48.497524609898036 2002 49.68169068646776 2003 50.873393008829886 2004 52.04875288630129 2005 53.23626676622016 2006 54.42213660842101 2007 55.61684384168496 2008 56.80595616087961 2009 57.99630931916762 2010 59.19451451320439 2011 60.404603010036574 2012 61.60947237256059 2013 62.79155964010852 2014 63.97165939250584 2015 65.14991175532462 2016 66.32849780676553 2017 67.17907945834492 2018 68.37146320098894 2019 69.55294743421257 2020 70.69875772465332 2021 72.15052093380937 2022 72.99407529510366