Year % of rural population 2000 64.5318695048125 2001 64.8750957151539 2002 65.2243484712507 2003 65.5796277731031 2004 65.9409336207109 2005 66.3082660140743 2006 66.7247711020459 2007 67.1509528933229 2008 67.5868686781128 2009 68.0325757466221 2010 68.4881313890577 2011 68.9535928956267 2012 69.429017556536 2013 69.8377734675485 2014 70.2581467776243 2015 70.69019477697 2016 71.0235741959755 2017 70.9361103079661 2018 70.8509048163363 2019 70.8407017537462 2020 70.8304986911561 2021 70.8202956285661 2022 70.747455594895