National Bureau of Statistics announces that the number of population of the Republic of Moldova at the beginning of the 2017 year amounted 3550,9 thousand people, less than in the same period of 2016 with 2,2 thousand people. More than half of the population is rural - 2034,1 thousand people, or 57,3%, in urban areas are living 1516,8 thousand persons, or 42,7%.