A maioria deles, inclusive os drusos de Israel, considera-se etnicamente árabe. Em 2017, uma pesquisa do Pew Research Center revelou que a maior parte da população drusa do país identificava-se como árabe.[20] Israel tem a terceira maior população drusa do mundo, depois da Síria e do Líbano.[21][22] Os dados da pesquisa mostraram que, quanto à religião, a maioria se declara drusa; cultural e etnicamente, considera-se árabe; e, quanto à cidadania, declara-se israelense, ainda que uma pequena minoria se identifique como palestina, à diferença do que ocorre com os cidadãos árabes de Israel, que se identificam predominantemente como palestinos.[23]
Existem cerca de um milhão de drusos em todo o mundo, a maioria dos quais vivendo no Médio Oriente.
Os drusos intitulam-se em árabe como Ahl al-Tawhid, "o povo do monoteísmo". A origem do nome druso é debatida, mas costuma ser ligada com Adarazi, pregador ismailita do século XI, embora os próprios drusos o considerem como um herético.
Estimativas atuais colocam o tamanho da população drusa entre 800 000[24][25][26] e 2 milhões de pessoas.[27]
↑Carl Skutsch (7 de novembro de 2013). Skutsch, Carl, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. [S.l.]: Routledge. p. 410. ISBN978-1-135-19388-1. Total Population: 800,000
↑Robert Brenton Betts (1 de janeiro de 1990). The Druze illustrated, reprint, revised ed. [S.l.]: Yale University Press. p. 55. ISBN978-0-300-04810-0. The total population of Druze throughout the world probably approaches one million.
↑Donna Marsh (11 de maio de 2015). Doing Business in the Middle East: A cultural and practical guide for all Business Professionals revised ed. [S.l.]: Hachette UK. ISBN978-1-4721-3567-4. It is believed there are no more than 1 million Druze worldwide; most live in the Levant.
↑Samy Swayd (10 de março de 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Druzes 2 ed. [S.l.]: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 3. ISBN978-1-4422-4617-1. The Druze world population at present is perhaps nearing two million; ...
↑Chatty, Dawn (15 de março de 2010). Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East. [S.l.]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-81792-9
↑De McLaurin, Ronald (1979). The Political Role of Minority Groups in the Middle East. [S.l.]: Michigan University Press. p. 114. ISBN9780030525964. Theologically, one would have to conclude that the Druze are not Muslims. They do not accept the five pillars of Islam. In place of these principles the Druze have instituted the seven precepts noted above.
↑«Druze in Syria». Harvard University. The Druze are an ethnoreligious group concentrated in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel with around one million adherents worldwide. The Druze follow a millenarian offshoot of Isma’ili Shi'ism. Followers emphasize Abrahamic monotheism but consider the religion as separate from Islam.
↑J. Stewart, Dona (2008). The Middle East Today: Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives. [S.l.]: Routledge. p. 33. ISBN9781135980795. Most Druze do not consider themselves Muslim. Historically they faced much persecution and keep their religious beliefs secrets.
↑Nili, Shmuel (2019). The People's Duty: Collective Agency and the Morality of Public Policy. [S.l.]: Cambridge University Press. p. 195. ISBN9781108480925. Druze are Arab by language, culture, and custom... Survey data has long suggested that Israeli Druze identify themselves first and foremost identity as Druze (in terms of their religion), secondarily as Arabs (in terms of their of their culture), and thirdly as Israeli (in terms of citizenship).
↑Carl Skutsch (7 de novembro de 2013). Skutsch, Carl, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. [S.l.]: Routledge. p. 410. ISBN978-1-135-19388-1. Total Population: 800,000
↑Robert Brenton Betts (1 de janeiro de 1990). The Druze illustrated, reprint, revised ed. [S.l.]: Yale University Press. p. 55. ISBN978-0-300-04810-0
↑Donna Marsh (11 de maio de 2015). Doing Business in the Middle East: A cultural and practical guide for all Business Professionals revised ed. [S.l.]: Hachette UK. ISBN978-1-4721-3567-4
↑Samy Swayd (10 de março de 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Druzes 2 ed. [S.l.]: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 3. ISBN978-1-4422-4617-1