San speaking countries
San is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in three countries by a minor part of the population.With 419,913 native speakers, San has the highest prevalence in Burkina Faso. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 4 percent is in Botswana. A total of about 558,581.0 people worldwide speak San as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | Western Africa | no | 1.9 % | 420,000 |
| Botswana | Southern Africa | no | 3.5 % | 91,000 |
| Namibia | Southern Africa | no | 1.9 % | 48,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak San as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.