Year % of rural population 2000 49.5827105219023 2001 49.5827105219023 2002 49.5827105219023 2003 49.5827105219023 2004 49.5827105219023 2005 49.8157086308773 2006 50.0491745446072 2007 50.283108263092 2008 50.4346241894173 2009 50.5860781428397 2010 50.7374701233593 2011 50.7293081525902 2012 50.1634146717951 2013 49.5929363996965 2014 49.0178733362945 2015 48.4382254815887 2016 47.8539928355793 2017 47.2651753982665 2018 46.6717731696499 2019 46.0737861497298 2020 45.4712143385062 2021 44.8640577359788 2022 44.2523163421479