
The article discusses the need to use modern economic and geographical methods in the analysis of the factors of distribution of the population and settlements. The importance of the convenience of the natural and geographical conditions of the area is explained, which is the primary factor in the formation of settlements. Also, when analyzing the number and density of the population of individual regions, it is shown that it is important to separate the number and density of the population in accordance with individual natural and geographical conditions. The ehamples show the advantages of calculating the population density for individual natural-geographical regions and for irrigated lands. The article focuses on the need to use the natural geographic basis of regions in economic geography.