diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter.php b/src/Database/Adapter.php
index 7d6b0ff7c..f44429644 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter.php
@@ -879,6 +879,17 @@ abstract public function getSizeOfCollection(string $collection): int;
      */
     abstract public function getSizeOfCollectionOnDisk(string $collection): int;
 
+    /**
+     * Estimate the number of documents in a collection from engine statistics, without scanning it.
+     * Null when the engine keeps no usable estimate, so the caller counts instead.
+     *
+     * @throws DatabaseException
+     */
+    public function estimateCount(string $collection): ?int
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Estimate maximum number of bytes required to store a document in $collection.
      * Byte requirement varies based on column type and size.
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php b/src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php
index 950ff23e2..2654813bf 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php
@@ -904,6 +904,14 @@ public function count(Document $collection, array $queries = [], ?int $max = nul
         return $result;
     }
 
+    #[\Override]
+    public function estimateCount(string $collection): ?int
+    {
+        /** @var int|null $result */
+        $result = $this->delegate(__FUNCTION__, \func_get_args());
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     #[\Override]
     public function getSizeOfCollection(string $collection): int
     {
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php b/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
index c60e4c46b..162cfdb1f 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
@@ -397,6 +397,48 @@ public function getSizeOfCollectionOnDisk(string $collection): int
         return $size;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Live tuples from the statistics collector, which every commit on the primary updates.
+     * A standby collects none, so it reads reltuples from the last vacuum or analyze instead.
+     * Shared tables hold every tenant's rows, so they have no per-tenant estimate.
+     *
+     * @throws DatabaseException
+     */
+    #[\Override]
+    public function estimateCount(string $collection): ?int
+    {
+        if ($this->sharedTables) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $name = $this->getTable($this->filter($collection));
+
+        $result = $this->dialectBuilder()
+            ->fromNone()
+            ->selectRaw(
+                'CASE WHEN pg_is_in_recovery() THEN class.reltuples::bigint
+                ELSE COALESCE(stats.n_live_tup, class.reltuples::bigint) END FROM pg_class AS class
+                LEFT JOIN pg_stat_user_tables AS stats ON stats.relid = class.oid
+                WHERE class.oid = to_regclass(?)',
+                [$name]
+            )
+            ->build();
+
+        try {
+            $statement = $this->executeResult($result, Event::CollectionRead);
+            $this->execute($statement);
+            $estimate = $statement->fetchColumn();
+        } catch (PDOException $e) {
+            throw new DatabaseException('Failed to estimate collection count: '.$e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
+        }
+
+        if (! \is_numeric($estimate) || $estimate < 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return (int) $estimate;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws DatabaseException
      */
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/ReadWritePool.php b/src/Database/Adapter/ReadWritePool.php
index 28871425f..8ec9f5477 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/ReadWritePool.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/ReadWritePool.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ReadWritePool extends Pool
         'getSchemaIndexes',
         'getSizeOfCollection',
         'getSizeOfCollectionOnDisk',
+        'estimateCount',
         'ping',
         'id',
     ];
diff --git a/src/Database/Trait/Collections.php b/src/Database/Trait/Collections.php
index 0054f7147..7e642b843 100644
--- a/src/Database/Trait/Collections.php
+++ b/src/Database/Trait/Collections.php
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ public function getSizeOfCollection(string $collection): int
         return $this->adapter->getSizeOfCollection($definition->getId());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function estimateCount(string $collection): ?int
+    {
+        $definition = $this->silent(fn () => $this->getOwnCollection($collection));
+
+        return $this->adapter->estimateCount($definition->getId());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws DatabaseException
      * @throws NotFoundException
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/CollectionTests.php b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/CollectionTests.php
index 5dc87d1b5..d27cac02a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/CollectionTests.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/CollectionTests.php
@@ -267,6 +267,49 @@ public function testSizeCollection(): void
         $this->assertLessThan($size2, $size3);
     }
 
+    public function testEstimateCount(): void
+    {
+        /** @var Database $database */
+        $database = $this->getDatabase();
+
+        $database->createCollection(Collection::create(id: 'estimateTest'));
+        $database->createAttribute('estimateTest', Attribute::string(key: 'name', size: 255, required: true));
+
+        $database->getAuthorization()->skip(function () use ($database) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
+                $database->createDocument('estimateTest', new Document([
+                    '$id' => 'doc'.$i,
+                    'name' => 'name'.$i,
+                ]));
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (! $this->engineIs(Postgres::class) || $database->getAdapter()->hasSharedTables()) {
+            $this->assertNull($database->estimateCount('estimateTest'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Postgres publishes a backend's pending statistics at most once a second, when a transaction ends,
+        // and adds any still pending on top of what ANALYZE records.
+        sleep(2);
+        $database->count('estimateTest');
+        $database->analyzeCollection('estimateTest');
+
+        $this->assertSame(10, $database->estimateCount('estimateTest'));
+
+        $database->getAuthorization()->skip(function () use ($database) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
+                $database->deleteDocument('estimateTest', 'doc'.$i);
+            }
+        });
+
+        sleep(2);
+        $database->count('estimateTest');
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $database->estimateCount('estimateTest'));
+    }
+
     public function testSizeCollectionOnDisk(): void
     {
         $this->getDatabase()->createCollection(Collection::create(id: 'sizeTestDisk1'));
diff --git a/tests/unit/Adapter/PostgresCollectionSizeTest.php b/tests/unit/Adapter/PostgresCollectionSizeTest.php
index 1f018c019..19dd64dd2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Adapter/PostgresCollectionSizeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Adapter/PostgresCollectionSizeTest.php
@@ -52,6 +52,55 @@ public function testAFailedSizeReadIsADatabaseError(string $method, string $func
         }
     }
 
+    public function testTheEstimateReadsTableStatistics(): void
+    {
+        $adapter = $this->adapter(['3000000']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(3000000, $adapter->estimateCount('books'));
+        $this->assertCount(1, $this->statements);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('n_live_tup', $this->statements[0]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('reltuples', $this->statements[0]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return iterable<string, array{string|false}>
+     */
+    public static function missingEstimates(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'never analyzed' => ['-1'];
+        yield 'missing table' => [false];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('missingEstimates')]
+    public function testNoStatisticsIsNoEstimate(string|false $estimate): void
+    {
+        $adapter = $this->adapter([$estimate]);
+
+        $this->assertNull($adapter->estimateCount('books'));
+    }
+
+    public function testSharedTablesHaveNoEstimate(): void
+    {
+        $adapter = $this->adapter(['3000000']);
+        $adapter->setSharedTables(true);
+
+        $this->assertNull($adapter->estimateCount('books'));
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->statements);
+    }
+
+    public function testAFailedEstimateIsADatabaseError(): void
+    {
+        $adapter = $this->adapter(['3000000'], new PDOException('SQLSTATE[08006]: connection failure'));
+
+        try {
+            $adapter->estimateCount('books');
+            $this->fail('An estimate that fails must reach the caller');
+        } catch (DatabaseException $error) {
+            $this->assertSame('Failed to estimate collection count: SQLSTATE[08006]: connection failure', $error->getMessage());
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(PDOException::class, $error->getPrevious());
+        }
+    }
+
     private function readSize(Postgres $adapter, string $method): int
     {
         return $method === 'getSizeOfCollectionOnDisk'
@@ -60,7 +109,7 @@ private function readSize(Postgres $adapter, string $method): int
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param list<string> $sizes
+     * @param list<string|false> $sizes
      */
     private function adapter(array $sizes, ?PDOException $failure = null): Postgres
     {