Iraq and Lebanon are also the Arab world’s most ethnically and religiously diverse countries. Though Lebanon has not conducted a reliable census in decades, its population is thought to be about 30% Sunni Muslim, 30% Shia Muslim, and 30% Christian, with Druze and others accounting for the rest.
伊拉克和黎巴嫩同样是阿拉伯世界种族和宗教多样性的代表。 尽管黎巴嫩近几十年来没有进行过可靠的人口普查，其人口构成大致为逊尼派穆斯林占30%，什叶派穆斯林占30%，基督教徒占30%，剩下的则是德鲁兹和其他族裔。 而伊拉克则是什叶派占60%，逊尼派占20%，以逊尼派为主的库尔德人占20%。 在上述两个国家，各个团体代表都要求掌握实质性的政治权利。