Arab people
Arabic-speaking ethnic and national groups, originally from the Arabian Peninsula / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arabs (Arabic: العرب) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa. They speak Arabic which is one of the Semitic languages, and which is also the name of the ethnic family which they belong to. Genealogically, Arabs are those who can trace their ancestry back to the people who first lived on the Arabian Peninsula.
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Total population | ||||||||||
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approx. 450” million[1] | ||||||||||
Regions with significant populations | ||||||||||
Pan-Arab States | 449,754,575 | |||||||||
Brazil | 12,000,000[2] | |||||||||
France | 6,000,000[3] | |||||||||
Argentina | 3,500,000[4] | |||||||||
United States | 3,500,000[5] | |||||||||
Iran | 700,000 - 2,000,000[6] | |||||||||
Portugal | 1,500,000[7] | |||||||||
Mexico | 1,100,000[8] | |||||||||
Languages | ||||||||||
Arabic[9] | ||||||||||
Religion | ||||||||||
Predominantly Islam largest minority: Christianity; other religions |
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