Year % of rural population 2000 46.2825188273059 2001 44.4949997604431 2002 42.7074806935802 2003 40.9199616267174 2004 39.1324425598546 2005 37.3449234929913 2006 35.5574044261284 2007 33.7698853592656 2008 31.9823662924027 2009 30.1948472255399 2010 28.407328158677 2011 26.6198090918142 2012 24.8322900249509 2013 23.0447709580881 2014 21.2572518912252 2015 19.4697328243624 2016 17.6822137574995 2017 15.8946946906367 2018 14.1071756237739 2019 12.3196565569106 2020 10.5321374900477 2021 8.74461842318487 2022 6.95709935632203