How to Get the Total Number of PDF Pages with PyMuPDF

Once you have opened a PDF with PyMuPDF, you can easily find out how many pages it contains.

1. Using page_count

page_number = doc.page_count
print(page_number)

The page_count property returns the total number of pages in the PDF.

Here, the number of pages is stored in the variable page_number, and print() displays it.

For example, if the PDF contains 44 pages, the output will be:
44

2. Using len()

You can also use Python's built-in len() function:
len(doc)

This returns the total number of pages in the PDF as well.

For example:

print(len(doc))

Example Output:
44

Key takeaway
Both approaches give you the number of pages:
doc.page_count
or
len(doc)

Complete Example

# Method 1

page_number = doc.page_count
print(page_number)

# Method 2

print(len(doc))

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Open the Google Colab notebook for this PDF mini-guide and run the code as you follow along.

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To count the number of pages in a PDF with PyMuPDF, you first need to open the PDF file. Check out this mini-guide: Open Your First PDF with PyMuPDF.