<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> 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 term may also include those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state . The religious groups among the Lebanese people are Shias (27%), Sunnis (27%), Maronites (21%), Greek Orthodox (8%), Melkites (5%), Druze (5.6%), Protestants (1%). There is a large diaspora in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Africa . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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