Botswana - IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
he Government of Botswana does not recognize any specific ethnic group as indigenous to the country, 2.9% of the population is identified as belonging to indigenous groups. Mainly they reside in the region of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and include the San (also known as the Basarwa), which number about 64,000, the Balala, around 1,750, and the Nama, who number about 2,200.