Year % of rural population 2000 20.492253678839088 2001 20.700833125736143 2002 20.91728261017763 2003 21.12195695686073 2004 21.333679775773838 2005 21.549111407007842 2006 21.747893976587633 2007 21.995007665661387 2008 22.241928308390385 2009 22.643150858251367 2010 23.073445117689683 2011 23.534928580967414 2012 24.079099350717076 2013 24.526986880914933 2014 24.937294840618442 2015 25.34736957051685 2016 25.758696963323604 2017 26.17834735052753 2018 26.610621431279643 2019 27.052490317766274 2020 27.46607099809417 2021 27.80467462529194 2022 28.196502238702045