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New Survey Counts Lebanon's Ethnic Make-Up
[Reuters] Alistair Lyon - Lebanon has 4.8 million people, of whom 35% are Christian, 29% Shi'ite Muslim, 29% Sunni Muslim, and 5% Druze, according to a survey published in an-Nahar newspaper conducted by statistician Youssef al-Duweihi. The Taif agreement which ended the 1975-90 civil war gave Muslims and Christians equal representation in parliament. Lebanon also hosts more than 400,000 Palestinians and a substantial number of Syrian and other guest workers.