 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.