Year % of rural population 2000 62.37022250361594 2001 61.9999617141272 2002 62.2393668407076 2003 62.48933168290336 2004 62.84566915706952 2005 63.18448308192204 2006 63.51909793213262 2007 63.81259330485902 2008 64.10636737854756 2009 64.40954332445718 2010 64.76732470340727 2011 65.14444989380844 2012 65.51835237607226 2013 65.88569173836814 2014 66.25173371858367 2015 66.63320185849167 2016 66.9832978870764 2017 67.43269684547467 2018 67.80709777128561 2019 68.35568222674499 2020 68.5586152669523 2021 68.78785857544233 2022 69.28233731075947