Year % of rural population 2000 3.4699771561813364 2001 3.642009673712452 2002 3.849941635994615 2003 4.054107969616864 2004 4.285291056845838 2005 4.490187072728173 2006 4.734117326126425 2007 4.9968422429400805 2008 5.2390063601874415 2009 5.457239937523774 2010 5.686399953526102 2011 5.959238618862823 2012 6.20222055561521 2013 6.45323969275503 2014 6.72881936065962 2015 7.005876550574386 2016 7.3085714281656 2017 7.547225990787448 2018 7.875917244207388 2019 8.243018268881743 2020 8.545483107437004 2021 8.906710920785311 2022 9.261319669800752