Circa 300 000 Khoikhoi e 90 000 San: 200 000 Nama: Brenzinger, Matthias (2011) "The twelve modern Khoisan languages." In Witzlack-Makarevich & Ernszt (eds.), Khoisan languages and linguistics: proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Riezlern / Kleinwalsertal (Research in Khoisan Studies 29).
100 000 Damara: James Stuart Olson, « Damara » in The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, p. 137.
50-60 000 San in Botswana: Anaya, James, Addendum – The situation of indigenous peoples in Botswana (PDF), United Nations Human Rights Council. A/HRC/15/37/Add.2, 2 giugno 2010..
