Year % of rural population 2000 15.766890667589076 2001 15.993822697285628 2002 16.321206396881756 2003 16.662319571431272 2004 17.004150011613994 2005 17.442101206610243 2006 17.875828424473386 2007 18.30700268377199 2008 18.753350612395465 2009 19.205943427901893 2010 19.657604483257412 2011 19.872947478186102 2012 20.317300346095564 2013 20.763948235372144 2014 21.21891097396552 2015 21.67946519193926 2016 22.12178556844468 2017 22.57202134094439 2018 22.876158305956526 2019 23.269477947899304 2020 23.63987800145166 2021 23.966116670639035 2022 24.304982248936465