Lebanese Arab

Lebanese people

Left to right: Felipe Sapag, Paulo Maluf, Carlos Slim, Jamil Mahuad Salma Hayek, Shakira, Jenna Dewan, Mika
Total population
Lebanon: 4,017,095 Lebanese diaspora: 8–14 million
Regions with significant populations
Brazil	1,000,000 - 6,000,000 - 7,000,000
Lebanon	4,130,000
Argentina	1,500,000
Colombia	700,000
United States	504,000
Mexico	400,000
Venezuela	340,000
Canada	250,000
France	225,000
Australia	203,139
Dominican Republic	80,000
United Arab Emirates	80,000
Uruguay	70,000
Germany	50,000
Senegal	30,000
Sierra Leone	33,000-40,000
South Africa	20,000
Cyprus	20,000
Spain	11,820
United Kingdom	10,459
Israel	7,000
Liberia	4,000
Languages
Spoken Vernacular Lebanese Arabic & Cypriot Maronite Arabic Diaspora French, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Religion
Islam (59.5%):2 (Shia,3Sunni,3Alawites, Ismailis, progressive Muslims and Druze)4 Christianity (40.5%):1 (Maronite, Greek Orthodox, Melkite and Protestant)
Related ethnic groups
Other Semitic-speaking peoples
# Lebanese Christians of all denominations constitute the majority of all Lebanese worldwide, but represent only a large minority within Lebanon. Lebanese Muslims of all denominations represent a majority within Lebanon, but add up to only a large minority of all Lebanese worldwide. Shias and Sunnis account for 54% of Lebanon's population together, even split in half (27%). In Lebanon, the Druze quasi-Muslim sect is officially categorized as a Muslim denomination by the Lebanese government.

Islam (59.5%):²
(Shia,³Sunni,³Alawites, Ismailis, progressive Muslims and Druze)⁴

The Lebanese people (Arabic: الشعب اللبناني‎‎ / ALA-LC: ash-shaʻb al-Lubnānī  Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [eʃˈʃaʕeb ellɪbˈneːne]) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The religious groups among the Lebanese people are Shias (27%), Sunnis (27%), Maronites (21%), Greek Orthodox (8%), Melkites (5%), Druze (5%), and Protestants (1%). There is a large diaspora in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Africa. The term may also include those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state.

As the relative proportion of the various sects is politically sensitive, Lebanon has not collected official census data on ethnic background since the 1932 under the French Mandate. It is therefore difficult to have an exact demographic analysis of Lebanese society. The largest concentration of people of Lebanese ancestry may be in Brazil having an estimated population of 5.8 to 7 million, but it may be an exaggeration, given that an official survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed that less than 1 million Brazilians claimed any Middle-Eastern origin. The Lebanese have always traveled the world, many of them settling permanently, most notably in the last two centuries.