Year % of rural population 2000 51.9337821754931 2001 51.4619283521458 2002 51.0361582592815 2003 50.6567254179466 2004 50.323883349187 2005 50.0378855740486 2006 49.7989856135776 2007 49.60743698882 2008 49.4634932208218 2009 49.367407830629 2010 50.1237935314135 2011 51.1384628252312 2012 52.2036239814725 2013 53.3195305211829 2014 54.4864359654089 2015 55.7045938351959 2016 56.9742576515907 2017 58.2956809356392 2018 58.9204538497751 2019 59.5472055361976 2020 60.1759359949069 2021 60.8066452259031 2022 61.4393332291858