As can be seen from Table 1, the percentage of the total population living in rural areas was 31.5% in 1935,
less than 1/3 of all residents. By 1970 this percentage had decreased to 16% and by 1985 to only 9.9%. Further
rural depopulation by 2000 and 2008 saw this percentage drop further to 3.3% and 1.4%, respectively. This low
value demonstrates the present significantly urbanized nature of the Bursa Plain region.