diff --git a/hypha/apply/users/admin_views.py b/hypha/apply/users/admin_views.py
index 8d122e10d1b6b0b3c5fa5bddc804d6a0bba39b84..b1e8d9c6e24bd6ab6b9ce28f35b81bb63bb75555 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/users/admin_views.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/users/admin_views.py
@@ -104,12 +104,14 @@ def index(request):
     else:
         ordering = 'name'
 
+    user_count = users.count()
     paginator = Paginator(users, per_page=20)
     users = paginator.get_page(request.GET.get('p'))
 
     if request.headers.get('x-requested-with') == 'XMLHttpRequest':
         return render(request, "wagtailusers/users/results.html", {
             'users': users,
+            'user_count': user_count,
             'is_searching': is_searching,
             'query_string': q,
             'filters': filters,
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ def index(request):
         return render(request, "wagtailusers/users/index.html", {
             'search_form': form,
             'users': users,
+            'user_count': user_count,
             'is_searching': is_searching,
             'ordering': ordering,
             'query_string': q,
diff --git a/hypha/apply/users/templates/wagtailusers/users/results.html b/hypha/apply/users/templates/wagtailusers/users/results.html
index 5469443aa20c458ac9322000f61e19e833f95070..745afe7c11cf18048e497ad56d305e2e7758ac34 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/users/templates/wagtailusers/users/results.html
+++ b/hypha/apply/users/templates/wagtailusers/users/results.html
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     <div class="users-list__results">
         {% if users %}
             <h2 role="alert">
-            {% blocktrans trimmed count counter=users|length %}
-                There is {{ counter }} user
+            {% blocktrans trimmed count count=user_count %}
+                There is {{ user_count }} user
             {% plural %}
-                There are {{ counter }} users
+                There are {{ user_count }} users
             {% endblocktrans %}
             </h2>