Year % of rural population 2000 15.766890667589074 2001 15.993822697285626 2002 16.321206396881756 2003 16.66231957143127 2004 17.004150011613994 2005 17.442101206610243 2006 17.875828424473383 2007 18.307002683771984 2008 18.753350612395465 2009 19.20594342790189 2010 19.657604483257412 2011 19.872947478186106 2012 20.317300346095568 2013 20.763948235372148 2014 21.218910973965517 2015 21.67946519193926 2016 22.121785568444675 2017 22.572021340944385 2018 22.876158305956523 2019 23.269477947899304 2020 23.639878001451656 2021 23.966116670639042 2022 24.30498224893646