diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 5dd7b0bf..f5df06b1 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -232,6 +232,32 @@ class TemplateProcessor
         $this->tempDocumentFooters = $this->setValueForPart($search, $replace, $this->tempDocumentFooters, $limit);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns count of all variables in template.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getVariableCount()
+    {
+        $variables = $this->getVariablesForPart($this->tempDocumentMainPart);
+
+        foreach ($this->tempDocumentHeaders as $headerXML) {
+            $variables = array_merge(
+                $variables,
+                $this->getVariablesForPart($headerXML)
+            );
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->tempDocumentFooters as $footerXML) {
+            $variables = array_merge(
+                $variables,
+                $this->getVariablesForPart($footerXML)
+            );
+        }
+
+        return array_count_values($variables);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns array of all variables in template.
      *
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
index 7b064ef7..187e5686 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
@@ -223,4 +223,41 @@ final class TemplateProcessorTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         unlink($docName);
         $this->assertTrue($docFound);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers ::getVariableCount
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getVariableCountCountsHowManyTimesEachPlaceholderIsPresent()
+    {
+        // create template with placeholders
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $header = $section->addHeader();
+        $header->addText('${a_field_that_is_present_three_times}');
+        $footer = $section->addFooter();
+        $footer->addText('${a_field_that_is_present_twice}');
+        $section2 = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $section2->addText('
+                ${a_field_that_is_present_one_time}
+                  ${a_field_that_is_present_three_times}
+              ${a_field_that_is_present_twice}
+                   ${a_field_that_is_present_three_times}
+        ');
+        $objWriter = IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord);
+        $templatePath = 'test.docx';
+        $objWriter->save($templatePath);
+
+        $variableCount = (new TemplateProcessor($templatePath))->getVariableCount();
+        unlink($templatePath);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            array(
+                'a_field_that_is_present_three_times' => 3,
+                'a_field_that_is_present_twice'       => 2,
+                'a_field_that_is_present_one_time'    => 1,
+            ),
+            $variableCount
+        );
+    }
 }