Aantal
Aantal is a Dutch noun meaning number, count, or quantity. It refers to how many items are present or how many occurrences exist within a set. As a grammatical unit, it is usually used with the definite article het (het aantal) and can express both the size of a group and the count of items. The common phrase het aantal is used to introduce a counted quantity, as in Het aantal inwoners is gestegen.
The expression een aantal means a number of or several and is followed by a plural noun;
In statistical and data contexts, aantallen are the discrete counts reported for populations, events, or items,