Year % of rural population 2000 47.28155766664319 2001 48.48839607811252 2002 49.695211967936785 2003 50.91342729707171 2004 52.11441037653712 2005 53.318250763562034 2006 54.5211195439562 2007 55.73316638310138 2008 56.940014255405586 2009 58.16911860412168 2010 59.385245828493986 2011 60.61294893199689 2012 61.83612677545588 2013 63.0367272728807 2014 64.23571984972197 2015 65.43342150413042 2016 66.62499956909771 2017 67.50226452923683 2018 68.68276820518489 2019 69.85099058960037 2020 70.97958189617552 2021 72.41452620501273 2022 73.2273373850152