Ryumina E.V. Southern regions of Russia: socio-economic analysis of population quality characteristics. Economics: Theory and Practice, 2020, No 3 (59), pp. 19-26. Ryumina E.V. Southern regions of Russia: socio-economic analysis of population quality characteristics. Economics: Theory and Practice, 2020, No 3 (59), pp. 19-26. ISSN 2224-042ХDOI нетPosted on site: 29.09.20Текст статьи/выпуска на сайте журнала URL: http://econ.kubsu.ru/images/3_2020.pdf (дата обращения 29.09.2020)AbstractImproving the quality of the population is a task and an indicator of the development of society. The development of strategic principles for its solution is significantly facilitated by the grouping of regions according to the criteria of population quality. On the basis of the previously developed typology, clusters with southern regions are studied. The analysis of their common characteristics and differences had determined the main factors that formed the qualitative characteristics of the population: economic, geographical and cultural (national lifestyle trends).