diff --git a/discord/guild.py b/discord/guild.py
index 7dd87cb11..e1f4b80b7 100644
--- a/discord/guild.py
+++ b/discord/guild.py
@@ -3934,6 +3934,33 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
 
         return roles
 
+    async def role_member_counts(self) -> Dict[Role, int]:
+        """|coro|
+
+        Retrieves the number of members in each role the guild has.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+        Raises
+        -------
+        Forbidden
+            You do not have permissions to get the member counts.
+        HTTPException
+            Getting the member counts failed.
+
+        Returns
+        --------
+        Dict[:class:`Role`, :class:`int`]
+            A mapping of the role to the number of members in that role.
+        """
+        data = await self._state.http.get_role_member_counts(self.id)
+        ret: Dict[Role, int] = {}
+        for k, v in data.items():
+            role = self.get_role(int(k))
+            if role is not None:
+                ret[role] = v
+        return ret
+
     async def kick(self, user: Snowflake, *, reason: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
diff --git a/discord/http.py b/discord/http.py
index aa00ef9be..604a87432 100644
--- a/discord/http.py
+++ b/discord/http.py
@@ -2431,6 +2431,9 @@ class HTTPClient:
             reason=reason,
         )
 
+    def get_role_member_counts(self, guild_id: Snowflake) -> Response[Dict[Snowflake, int]]:
+        return self.request(Route('GET', '/guilds/{guild_id}/roles/member-counts', guild_id=guild_id))
+
     def edit_channel_permissions(
         self,
         channel_id: Snowflake,
diff --git a/discord/role.py b/discord/role.py
index 7f83f9108..d690833b3 100644
--- a/discord/role.py
+++ b/discord/role.py
@@ -678,5 +678,29 @@ class Role(Hashable):
         HTTPException
             Deleting the role failed.
         """
-
         await self._state.http.delete_role(self.guild.id, self.id, reason=reason)
+
+    async def member_count(self) -> int:
+        """|coro|
+
+        Retrieves the number of members that have this role.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+        Raises
+        -------
+        Forbidden
+            You do not have permissions to get the member count.
+        HTTPException
+            Retrieving the member count failed.
+
+        Returns
+        --------
+        :class:`int`
+            The number of members with this role.
+        """
+        if self.is_default():
+            return self.guild.member_count or self.guild.approximate_member_count or 0
+
+        data = await self._state.http.get_role_member_counts(self.guild.id)
+        return data.get(str(self.id), 0)