diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3d27899..3372f6c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -551,6 +551,58 @@ impl SmallBitVec {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Counts the number of bits in the vector that are set to one/true
+    pub fn count_ones(&self) -> usize {
+        let mut len = self.len();
+        if len == 0 {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if self.is_inline() {
+            let mask = inline_ones(len);
+            (self.data & mask).count_ones() as usize
+        } else {
+            let mut count = 0;
+            for &storage in self.buffer() {
+                if len >= bits_per_storage() {
+                    count += storage.count_ones() as usize;
+                    len -= bits_per_storage();
+                } else {
+                    let mask = (1 << len) - 1;
+                    count += (storage & mask).count_ones() as usize;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            count
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Counts the number of bits in the vector that are set to zero/false
+    pub fn count_zeros(&self) -> usize {
+        let mut len = self.len();
+        if len == 0 {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if self.is_inline() {
+            let mask = inline_ones(len);
+            (!self.data & mask).count_ones() as usize
+        } else {
+            let mut count = 0;
+            for &storage in self.buffer() {
+                if len >= bits_per_storage() {
+                    count += storage.count_zeros() as usize;
+                    len -= bits_per_storage();
+                } else {
+                    let mask = (1 << len) - 1;
+                    count += (!storage & mask).count_ones() as usize;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            count
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Shorten the vector, keeping the first `len` elements and dropping the rest.
     ///
     /// If `len` is greater than or equal to the vector's current length, this has no
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 2378a5b..9c4d96d 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -365,3 +365,30 @@ fn resize() {
     assert_eq!(v.get(98).unwrap(), false);
     assert_eq!(v.get(99).unwrap(), false);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn count_ones_zeros() {
+    let random_bits = &[
+        false, true, true, true, true, false, true, false,
+        true, true, false, false, false, false, true, false,
+        false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false,
+        false, true, false, false, false, false, false, true,
+        false, true, true, true, false, true, false, true,
+        true, true, false, false, true, false, false, false,
+        true, false, true, false, true, false, false, false,
+        false, true, false, true, false, false, true, true,
+        true, true, false, true, true, true, false, false,
+        false, false, true, false, true, true, false, false,
+    ];
+    let mut v = SmallBitVec::new();
+    for start in 0..random_bits.len() {
+        for i in 0..random_bits.len() {
+            let index = (start + i) % random_bits.len();
+            let bit = random_bits[index];
+            v.push(bit);
+            assert_eq!(v.iter().filter(|&b| b).count(), v.count_ones());
+            assert_eq!(v.iter().filter(|&b| !b).count(), v.count_zeros());
+        }
+        v.clear();
+    }
+}