Year % of rural population 2000 43.22194875988078 2001 42.54536681981632 2002 41.80240287031017 2003 41.04941157882409 2004 40.29159003930212 2005 39.42179124333837 2006 38.54688531087911 2007 37.68942056936696 2008 36.790697742359306 2009 35.88495094976446 2010 34.97529692200028 2011 34.70400709666736 2012 33.81951713091707 2013 32.93283807918411 2014 32.02125646099041 2015 31.094460170118012 2016 30.165765166002842 2017 29.028936234623945 2018 28.12870975142384 2019 27.225178161706367 2020 26.307541284227344 2021 25.628658883415106 2022 25.33049463854247