diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 21b3c6056e9..d9faa5298ba 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ $string['parentcategory'] = 'Parent category';
 $string['parentcoursenotfound'] = 'Parent course not found!';
 $string['parentfolder'] = 'Parent folder';
 $string['participants'] = 'Participants';
+$string['participantscount'] = 'Number of participants: {$a}';
 $string['participantslist'] = 'Participants list';
 $string['participationratio'] = 'Participation ratio';
 $string['participationreport'] = 'Participation report';
diff --git a/user/index.php b/user/index.php
index af2f71e9240..1ee8596ea83 100644
--- a/user/index.php
+++ b/user/index.php
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ $participanttable->out($perpage, true);
 $participanttablehtml = ob_get_contents();
 ob_end_clean();
 
+echo html_writer::tag('p', get_string('participantscount', 'moodle', $participanttable->totalrows));
+
 if ($bulkoperations) {
     echo '<form action="action_redir.php" method="post" id="participantsform">';
     echo '<div>';