Year % of rural population 2000 60.01942811462415 2001 62.6655585538458 2002 65.04775171956696 2003 67.24840389353888 2004 68.91221527419182 2005 70.3985406224616 2006 71.58959862007875 2007 72.45471534742543 2008 73.34364919135575 2009 74.17463248503176 2010 74.8933566681623 2011 75.64506968383103 2012 76.24079659085119 2013 76.6717030953067 2014 76.92668724953276 2015 77.1110627147213 2016 77.33359636448246 2017 77.45823484096108 2018 77.62047650426423 2019 77.75926231496882 2020 77.85856860965235 2021 77.9269913748969 2022 78.08958199610085