Year % of rural population 2000 23.1353748706713 2001 24.9758337038737 2002 26.8162925370765 2003 28.6567513702793 2004 30.4972102034817 2005 30.6166162884963 2006 30.8380758709678 2007 31.1651119576229 2008 31.6012475551858 2009 32.1500056703828 2010 32.8149093099391 2011 33.5994814805809 2012 34.5072451890333 2013 35.6646551451653 2014 36.9712716344172 2015 38.4302288522098 2016 40.0444735224895 2017 41.8194408712148 2018 43.7591091468642 2019 45.8064748804931 2020 47.6269936309158 2021 47.813153985386 2022 47.9991018649109