Year % of rural population 2000 52.5652113862064 2001 52.9196287278731 2002 53.2740460695398 2003 53.6284634112065 2004 53.9828807528732 2005 54.0826683820795 2006 54.1791591172862 2007 54.2723529584939 2008 54.3622499057022 2009 54.4488499589117 2010 54.5321531181217 2011 54.6121593833326 2012 54.6888687545445 2013 54.762281231757 2014 54.8323968149702 2015 54.8992155041843 2016 54.9627372993996 2017 55.0229622006154 2018 55.0798902078319 2019 55.1335213210493 2020 55.1838555402678 2021 55.2308928654867 2022 55.9523465113155