Their total numbers are estimated at roughly 300,000 Khoikhoi and 90,000 San:
200k Nama people (2010): 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).
100k Damara people (1996): James Stuart Olson, « Damara » in The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, p. 137.
50-60k San people in Botswana (2010): Anaya, James (2. junij 2010). Addendum – The situation of indigenous peoples in Botswana(PDF) (poročilo). United Nations Human Rights Council. A/HRC/15/37/Add.2..
