Lebanese people - wikipedia Lebanese people Lebanese people 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 % ) : ( Shia, Sunni, Alawites, Ismailis, progressive Muslims and Druze ) Christianity ( 40.5 % ) : ( 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. This article contains Arabic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. 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 who are Greek Catholics ( 5 % ), Druze ( 5.6 % ), 6.5 Other Christians such as Armenians Syrians, Assyrians and Copts, 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. Reduced in numbers and estimated to have lost their status as a majority in Lebanon itself, largely as a result of their emigration, Christians still remain one of the principal religious groups in the country. Descendants of Lebanese Christians make up the majority of Lebanese people worldwide, appearing principally in the diaspora. Contents 1 Identity 2 Population numbers 2.1 Lebanon 2.2 Diaspora 3 Religion 4 Genetics 5 Notable individuals 6 See also 7 References 8 Footnotes 9 External links Identity Main articles : Lebanese nationalism and History of Lebanon The people residing in Lebanon -- both those who would become Muslim and the vast majority who would remain Christian, along with the tiny Jewish minority -- still spoke Aramaic, or more precisely, a Western Aramaic language. However, since at least the 15th century, the majority of people of all faiths living in what is now Lebanon have been Arabic - speaking, or more specifically, speakers of Lebanese Arabic, although up until the 17th century, travellers in the Lebanon still reported on several Aramaic - speaking villages. Among the Lebanese Maronites, Aramaic still remains the liturgical language of the Maronite Church, although in an Eastern Aramaic form ( the Syriac language, in which early Christianity was disseminated throughout the Middle East ), distinct from the spoken Aramaic of Lebanon, which was a Western Aramaic language. As the second of two liturgical languages of Judaism, Aramaic was also retained as a language in the sphere of religion ( in the Talmud ) among Lebanese Jews, although here too in an Eastern Aramaic form ( the Talmud was composed in Babylonia in Babylonian Aramaic ). Among Lebanese Muslims, however, Aramaic was lost twice, once in the shift to Arabic in the vernacular ( Lebanese Arabic ) and again in the religious sphere, since Arabic ( Qur'anic Arabic ) is the liturgical language of Islam. Some Lebanese Christians particularly Maronites, identify themselves as Lebanese rather than Arab, seeking to draw `` on the Phoenician past to try to forge an identity separate from the prevailing Arab culture ''. They argue that Arabization merely represented a shift to the Arabic language as the vernacular of the Lebanese people, and that, according to them, no actual shift of ethnic identity, much less ancestral origins, occurred. with their own histories and lore, and that therefore they do not belong to the one pan-Arab ethnicity, and thus such categorisation is erred or inapplicable. Certain portions of Lebanon 's Christian population in particular tend to stress aspects of Lebanon 's non-Arab prior history to encompass all Lebanon 's historical stages, instead of considering the beginning of Lebanese history being with the Arab conquests. In light of this `` old controversy about identity '', some Lebanese prefer to see Lebanon, Lebanese culture and themselves as part of `` Mediterranean '' and `` Levantine '' civilization, in a concession to Lebanon 's various layers of heritage, both indigenous, foreign non-Arab, and Arab. Arab influence, nevertheless, applies to virtually all aspects of the modern Lebanese culture. Population numbers Main article : Demographics of Lebanon The total population of Lebanese people is estimated at 13 - 18 million. Of these, the vast majority, or 8.6 - 14 million, are in the Lebanese diaspora ( outside of Lebanon ), and approximately 4.3 million in Lebanon itself. Lebanon Ethnic Groups in Lebanon Ethnicity Percent Arabs 95 % Armenians 4 % Various other ethnicities : Mideast ( Kurds, Turks, Assyrians, Iranians ), Europeans ( Greeks, Italians, French ) and others 1 % There are approximately 4.3 million Lebanese people in Lebanon. In addition to this figure, there are an additional 1 million foreign workers, mainly Syrians and about 400,000 Palestinian refugees in the nation. Lebanon is also a home to various ethnic minorities found refuge in the country over the centuries. Prominent ethnic minorities in the country include the Armenians, the Kurds, the Turks, the Assyrians, the Iranians and many European ethnicities ( Greeks, Italians, French ). There are also a small number of nomadic Dom Gypsies ( part of the Roma people of South Asian, particularly, Indian descent ) Diaspora Main article : Lebanese diaspora Rima Fakih, winner of Miss USA 2010 Carlos Ghosn Amal Clooney In 1994, the Lebanese government estimated there were 15.4 million Lebanese immigrants worldwide with 43.2 % living in Brazil ( 1996 ) and 26.1 % of these residing in the USA. The Lebanese diaspora consists of approximately 8.6 - 14 million, both Lebanese - born living abroad and those born - abroad of Lebanese descent. The majority of the Lebanese in the diaspora are Christians, disproportionately so in the Americas where the vast majority reside. An estimate figure show that they represent about 75 % of the Lebanese in total. Lebanese abroad are considered `` rich, educated and influential '' and over the course of time immigration has yielded Lebanese `` commercial networks '' throughout the world. The largest number of Lebanese is to be found in Brazil, where according to the Brazilian and Lebanese governments claim, there are 7 million Brazilians of Lebanese descent. These figures, however, may be an exaggeration given that, according to a 2008 survey conducted by IBGE, in 2008, covering only the states of Amazonas, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal, 0.9 % of white Brazilian respondents said they had family origins in the Middle East Large numbers also reside elsewhere in North America, most notably in the United States ( 489,702 ), Mexico ( 400,000 ) with close to half a million in both countries. In Canada, the people of full or partial Lebanese descent are between 190,275 ( by ancestry, 2011 Census ) to 250,000 based on estimates. In the rest of the Americas, significant communities are found in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, with almost every other Latin American country having at least a small presence. In Africa, Ghana and the Ivory Coast are home to over 100,000 Lebanese. There are significant Lebanese populations in other countries throughout Western and Central Africa. Australia hosts over 180,000 and Canada 250,000. In the Arab world, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf harbour around 400,000 Lebanese. Lebanese people also can be found in all of the 28 member states of the European Union. More than 2,500 ex-SLA members remain in Israel. Currently, Lebanon provides no automatic right to Lebanese citizenship for emigrants who lost their citizenship upon acquiring the citizenship of their host country, nor for the descendants of emigrants born abroad. This situation disproportionately affects Christians. Recently, the Maronite Institution of Emigrants called for the establishment of an avenue by which emigrants who lost their citizenship may regain it, or their overseas - born descendants ( if they so wish ) may acquire it. Country Estimate Country article in English Wikipedia List of personalities of Lebanese origin Brazil 7,000,000 ( Brazilian / Lebanese governments ) ; However, another study, conducted by IBGE in 2008, covering only the states of Amazonas, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal, 0.9 % of white Brazilian respondents said they had family origins in the Middle East. Lebanese Brazilian List of Lebanese people ( Brazil ) United States 504,000 Lebanese American List of Lebanese people ( USA ) Argentina 1,500,000 Lebanese Argentine List of Lebanese people ( Argentina ) Colombia 700,000 Lebanese Colombian List of Lebanese people ( Colombia ) Mexico 400,000 Lebanese Mexican List of Lebanese people ( Mexico ) Venezuela 340,000 Lebanese Venezuelan List of Lebanese people ( Venezuela ) Canada 250,000 Lebanese Canadians List of Lebanese people ( Canada ) France 250,000 Lebanese people in France List of Lebanese people ( France ) Australia 203,139 Lebanese Australian List of Lebanese people in Australia Egypt 131,000 Lebanese people in Egypt List of Lebanese people in Egypt Saudi Arabia 120,000 Lebanese people in Saudi Arabia List of Lebanese people ( Saudi Arabia ) Syria 114,000 Lebanese people in Syria List of Lebanese people in Syria Arab States of the Persian Gulf 100,000 Ecuador 100,000 Lebanese people in Ecuador List of Lebanese people ( Ecuador ) Chile 90,000 Lebanese Chileans List of Lebanese people ( Chile ) United Kingdom 90,000 Lebanese people in the United Kingdom List of Lebanese people ( UK ) Uruguay 70,000 Lebanese Uruguayan List of Lebanese people ( Uruguay ) Ghana 67,000 Ghanaian Arabs * * List of Lebanese people ( Ghana ) Ivory Coast 60,000 Arab residents in Ivory Coast * * Germany 50,000 Lebanese people in Germany List of Lebanese people ( Germany ) Spain 12,000 - 67,800 Lebanese people in Spain List of Lebanese people ( Spain ) New Zealand 47,200 Arabs in New Zealand * * Kuwait 41,775 Lebanese people in Kuwait Senegal 40,000 Lebanese people in Senegal Sierra Leone 33,000 Lebanese people in Sierra Leone List of Lebanese people ( Sierra Leone ) Nigeria 31,000 List of Lebanese people ( Nigeria ) Greece 30,000 Lebanese people in Greece Denmark 23,500 Arabs in Denmark * * List of Lebanese people in Denmark Cyprus 20,000 List of Lebanese people ( Cyprus ) South Africa 20,000 Lebanese people in South Africa List of Lebanese people ( South Africa ) Sweden 21,000 Lebanese people in Sweden List of Lebanese people ( Sweden ) Jamaica 20,000 Lebanese immigration to Jamaica List of Lebanese people ( Jamaica ) Haiti 15,000 Lebanese Haitians List of Lebanese people ( Haiti ) Liberia 10,000 List of Lebanese people ( Liberia ) Belgium 7,000 Switzerland 5,800 List of Lebanese people in Switzerland Italy 3,860 Arabs in Italy * * List of Lebanese people in Italy Angola 3,300 Bulgaria 3,000 Arabs in Bulgaria * * List of Lebanese people ( Bulgaria ) Austria 3,000 Arabs in Austria * * Romania 3,000 Arabs in Romania * * Serbia 3,000 Arabs in Serbia * * Macedonia 3,000 Arabs in the Republic of Macedonia * * Note : An important percentage of Arabs in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Denmark, Austria, Romania, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, New Zealand, Ghana and Ivory Coast are of Lebanese ancestry. They are denoted * * for this purpose. Religion Main articles : Religion in Lebanon, Islam in Lebanon, Christianity in Lebanon, and Secularism in Lebanon Lebanese Muslims Year Percent 1932 49 % 1985 75 % 61 % 2014 59.5 % Lebanese Christians Year Percent 1932 51 % 1985 25 % 39 % 2014 40.5 % Part of a series of articles on Lebanese people Coat of arms of Lebanon Lebanese people Lebanese people by religion : Lebanese Muslim Shia Sunni Druze Lebanese Christian Maronite Eastern Orthodox Melkite Protestant Communities Native communities outside of Lebanon : Cyprus Syria Lebanese diaspora : Europe Germany France United Kingdom Sweden Greece Spain Overseas United States Canada Australia New Zealand Argentina Brazil Mexico Colombia Uruguay Chile Ecuador Venezuela Haiti Jamaica Paraguay Ivory Coast Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Middle East Egypt Kuwait United Arab Emirates Qatar Saudi Arabia Iran Culture Lebanese culture Religion Cultural Heritage sites Architecture Art Literature Music Cinema Cuisine Sport History History of ancient Lebanon History of Lebanon Timeline of Lebanese history Phoenicia County of Tripoli Ottoman rule 1860 conflict Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate 1958 Lebanon crisis Greater Lebanon Lebanese Civil War South Lebanon conflict Taif Agreement Language Arabic Lebanese Arabic Foreign French French language in Lebanon English Politics Lebanese politics President Prime Minister List of political parties in Lebanon National Pact Lebanese nationalism Phoenicianism Coat of arms of Lebanon Flag of Lebanon Lebanon portal Lebanon has several different main religions. The country has the most religiously diverse society in the Middle East, encompassing 17 recognized religious sects. The main two religions are Christianity ( the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite, the Protestant Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church ) and Islam ( Shia and Sunni ). There is also the Druze quasi-Muslim sect. No official census has been taken since 1932, reflecting the political sensitivity in Lebanon over confessional ( i.e. religious ) balance. A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut - based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon 's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be : 54 % Islam ( Shia and Sunni, 27 % each ) 40.5 % Christian ( 21 % Maronite, 8 % Greek Orthodox, 5 % ( ( Melkite Catholics, 1 % Protestant, 6.5 % other Christian denominations like Latin Rite Catholics, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholic, Syriac Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, Chaldean, Assyrian and Copt ) 5.5 % Druze ( a quasi-Muslim sect who do not consider themselves to be Muslim, even though under the terms of the Lebanese Constitution the Druze community is designated as a part of the Lebanese Muslim community. ) There are also very small numbers of other religions such as Judaism, Mormons, Bahá'í Faith, and also religions practiced by foreigner workers like Buddhism and Hinduism. The CIA World Factbook specifies that of those residing in Lebanon, 59.7 % are Muslims ( Shia, Sunni, Druze, Sufi and Alawites ) and 39 % are Christians ( mostly Maronites, Greek Orthodox, Melkite, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox, Chaldean Catholic, Syriac Catholics ) and 1.3 % `` Other ''. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems provides source for the registered voters in Lebanon for 2011 ( it has to be noted that voter registration does not include people under 18 and unregistered voters ) that puts the numbers as following : Sunni Islam 27.65 %, Shia Islam 27.34 %, Maronite Catholic 21.05 %, Greek Orthodox 7.34 %, Druze 5.74 %, Melkite Catholic 4.76 %, Armenian Apostolic 2.64 %, other Christian Minorities 1.28 %, Alawite Shia Islam 0.88 %, Armenian Catholic 0.62 %, Evangelical Protestant 0.53 %, and other 0.18 % of the population. However, as soon as the diaspora is included, the Christians become an absolute majority. Lebanon has a population of Mhallamis also known as Mardinli ), most of whom migrated from northeast Syria and southeast Turkey are estimated to be between 75,000 and 100,000 and considered to be part of the Sunni population. These have in recent years been granted Lebanese citizenship and, coupled with several civil wars between Islamic extremists and the Lebanese military that have caused many Christians to flee the country, have re-tipped the demographic balance in favour of the Muslims and the Sunnis in particular. In addition, many thousands of Arab Bedouins in the Bekaa and in the Wadi Khaled region, who are entirely Sunnis, were granted Lebanese citizenship. Lebanon also has a Jewish population, estimated at less than 100. Even though Lebanon is a secular country, family matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance are still handled by the religious authorities representing a person 's faith. Calls for civil marriage are unanimously rejected by the religious authorities but civil marriages held in another country are recognized by Lebanese civil authorities. Legally registered Muslims form around 54 % of the population ( Shia, Sunni, Alawite ). Legally registered Christians form up to 41 % ( Maronite, Greek Orthodox Christian, Melkite, Armenian, Evangelical, other ). Druze form around 5 %. A small minority of 0.1 % includes Jews, and foreign workers who belong to Hindu and Buddhist religions. Even though non-religion is not recognized by the state, in 2009, the Minister of the Interior Ziad Baroud made it possible to have the religious sect removed from the Lebanese identity card, this does not, however, deny the religious authorities complete control over civil family issues inside the country. Genetics A Druze family of the Lebanon, late 1800s According to a study published by the American Journal of Human Genetics, present - day Lebanese derive most of their ancestry from a Canaanite - related population, which therefore implies substantial genetic continuity in the Levant since at least the Bronze Age. More specifically, according to Chris Tyler - Smith, a geneticist and his colleagues at the Sanger Institute in Britain, who compared `` sampled ancient DNA from five Canaanite people who lived 3,750 and 3,650 years ago '' to modern people. `` The comparison revealed that 90 percent of the genetic ancestry of people in Lebanon came from the Canaanites. ( The other 10 percent was of a Eurasian steppe population. ) '' In recent years efforts have been made by various genetic researchers, both in Lebanon and abroad, to identify the ancestral origins of the Lebanese people, their relationship to each other, and to other neighbouring and distant human populations. Like most DNA studies that attempt to identify a population 's origins and migration patterns in the region that may have influenced the genetic make - up -- these studies have focused on two human genome segments, the Y chromosome ( inherited only by males and passed only by fathers ) and mtDNA ( mitochondrial DNA, which passes only from mother to child ). Both segments are unaffected by recombination, thus they provide an indicator of paternal and maternal origins, respectively. Theories from some studies propose to corroborate that the Lebanese trace genetic continuity with earlier inhabitants, regardless of their membership to any of Lebanon 's different religious communities today. `` The genetic marker which identifies descendants of the ancient Levantines is found among members of all of Lebanon 's religious communities '' as well as some Syrians and Palestinians. By identifying the ancient type of DNA attributed to the Phoenicians, geneticist Pierre Zalloua was also able to chart their spread out of the eastern Mediterranean. These markers were found in unusually high proportions in non-Lebanese samples from other parts of the `` Mediterranean coast where the Phoenicians are known to have established colonies, such as Carthage in today 's Tunisia. '' The markers were also found among samples of Maltese and Spaniards, where the Phoenicians were also known to have established colonies. The study shows that 1 out of 17 people in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean basin can be identified with the Phoenician genetic markers in their Male Chromosomes. However, the particular marker associated by some studies with the historical Phoenicians, haplogroup J2, actually represents a complex mosaic of different demographic processes which affected the Mediterranean in prehistoric and historic times. Beyond this, more recent finds have also interested geneticists and Lebanese anthropologists. These indicate foreign non-Levantine admixture from some unexpected but not surprising sources, even if only in a small proportion of the samples. Like a story written in DNA, it recounts some of the major historical events seen in the land today known as Lebanon. Among the more interesting genetic markers found are those that seem to indicate that a small proportion of Lebanese Christians ( 2 % ) and a smaller proportion of Lebanese Muslims are descended, in part, from European Crusader Christians and Arabian Muslims respectively. The author states that the `` study tells us that some European crusaders did not just conquer and leave behind castles. They left a subtle genetic connection as well. '' In much the same manner, some of the Arabian Muslims did not just conquer and leave behind mosques. Christian men from Mount Lebanon, late 1800s It was during a broader survey of Middle Eastern populations conducted for the Genographic Project of the National Geographic Society that the findings were stumbled upon. `` We noticed some interesting lineages in the dataset. Among Lebanese Christians, in particular, we found higher frequency ( 2 % ) of a genetic marker -- R1b -- that we typically see only in Western Europe. '' The lineage was seen at that `` higher '' frequency only in the Christian populations in Lebanon, even though among the Muslims it was not altogether absent. `` The study matched the western European Y - chromosome lineage against thousands of people in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. '' On the other hand, in the Lebanese Muslim population a similar pattern, this time associated with genetic markers from Arabia, was also observed in `` higher '' preferential frequencies, although they too were not altogether absent in the Christian population. `` We found that a lineage that is very common in the Arabian Peninsula -- Hg J * -- is found in slightly higher frequencies preferentially in the Muslim population. '' The author of the study added that the findings `` certainly does n't undermine the similarities among the various Lebanese communities, but it does agree with oral tradition. '' Other unrelated studies have sought to establish relationships between the Lebanese people and other groups. At least one study by the International Institute of Anthropology in Paris, France, confirmed similarities in the Y - haplotype frequencies in Lebanese, Palestinian, and Sephardic Jewish men, identifying them as `` three Near - Eastern populations sharing a common geographic origin. '' The study surveyed one Y - specific DNA polymorphism ( p49 / Taq I ) in 54 Lebanese and 69 Palestinian males, and compared with the results found in 693 Jews from three distinct Jewish ethnic groups ; Mizrahi Jews, Sephardi Jews, and Ashkenazi Jews. In a 2013 interview Pierre Zalloua, pointed out that genetic variation preceded religious variation and divisions : `` Lebanon already had well - differentiated communities with their own genetic peculiarities, but not significant differences, and religions came as layers of paint on top. There is no distinct pattern that shows that one community carries significantly more Phoenician than another. 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Question: how many lebanese are there in the world
Answer: 13-18 million