Year % of rural population 2000 14.3975106189363 2001 14.5688188172342 2002 14.7387767313295 2003 14.9073843612226 2004 15.074641706913 2005 15.240548768401 2006 15.4051055456866 2007 15.5683120387698 2008 15.7301682476504 2009 15.8906741723285 2010 16.0498298128043 2011 16.2076351690775 2012 16.3640902411482 2013 16.5191950290166 2014 16.6729495326824 2015 16.8253537521458 2016 16.9764076874066 2017 17.1261113384651 2018 17.2744647053211 2019 17.4214677879746 2020 17.5671205864257 2021 17.7114231006742 2022 17.8543753307203