diff --git a/src/components/viewmodels/memberlist/MemberListViewModel.tsx b/src/components/viewmodels/memberlist/MemberListViewModel.tsx
index a03f703511..41233a4d6f 100644
--- a/src/components/viewmodels/memberlist/MemberListViewModel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/viewmodels/memberlist/MemberListViewModel.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { isValid3pidInvite } from "../../../RoomInvite";
 import { type ThreePIDInvite } from "../../../models/rooms/ThreePIDInvite";
 import { type XOR } from "../../../@types/common";
 import { useTypedEventEmitter } from "../../../hooks/useEventEmitter";
+import { useRoomMemberCount } from "../../../hooks/useRoomMembers";
 
 type Member = XOR<{ member: RoomMember }, { threePidInvite: ThreePIDInvite }>;
 
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ export function useMemberListViewModel(roomId: string): MemberListViewState {
     const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(true);
     // This is the last known total number of members in this room.
     const [totalMemberCount, setTotalMemberCount] = useState(0);
+
+    const memberCountWithout3Pid = useRoomMemberCount(room, { includeInvited: true });
+
     /**
      * This is the current number of members in the list.
      * This number will be less than the total number of members
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ export function useMemberListViewModel(roomId: string): MemberListViewState {
                     }
 
                     setMemberMap(newMemberMap);
-                    setMemberCount(joinedSdk.length + invitedSdk.length + threePidInvited.length);
+                    setMemberCount(memberCountWithout3Pid + threePidInvited.length);
                     if (!searchQuery) {
                         /**
                          * Since searching for members only gives you the relevant
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ export function useMemberListViewModel(roomId: string): MemberListViewState {
                 500,
                 { leading: true, trailing: true },
             ),
-        [sdkContext.memberListStore, roomId, room],
+        [sdkContext.memberListStore, roomId, room, memberCountWithout3Pid],
     );
 
     const isPresenceEnabled = useMemo(
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader/RoomHeader.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader/RoomHeader.tsx
index 5a8bd77cf8..7f6e5ce29b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader/RoomHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader/RoomHeader.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default function RoomHeader({
     const joinRule = useRoomState(room, (state) => state.getJoinRule());
 
     const members = useRoomMembers(room, 2500);
-    const memberCount = useRoomMemberCount(room, { throttleWait: 2500 });
+    const memberCount = useRoomMemberCount(room, { throttleWait: 2500, includeInvited: true });
 
     const {
         voiceCallDisabledReason,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useRoomMembers.ts b/src/hooks/useRoomMembers.ts
index 14448ba307..44007c82e1 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useRoomMembers.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useRoomMembers.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ type RoomMemberCountOpts = {
      * Wait time between room member count update
      */
     throttleWait?: number;
+    /**
+     * Whether to include invited members in the count
+     * @default false
+     */
+    includeInvited?: boolean;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -48,19 +53,21 @@ type RoomMemberCountOpts = {
  */
 export const useRoomMemberCount = (
     room: Room,
-    { throttleWait }: RoomMemberCountOpts = { throttleWait: 250 },
+    { throttleWait, includeInvited }: RoomMemberCountOpts = { throttleWait: 250, includeInvited: false },
 ): number => {
-    const [count, setCount] = useState<number>(room.getJoinedMemberCount());
+    const [count, setCount] = useState<number>(
+        includeInvited ? room.getInvitedAndJoinedMemberCount() : room.getJoinedMemberCount(),
+    );
     const throttledUpdate = useMemo(
         () =>
             throttle(
                 () => {
-                    setCount(room.getJoinedMemberCount());
+                    setCount(includeInvited ? room.getInvitedAndJoinedMemberCount() : room.getJoinedMemberCount());
                 },
                 throttleWait,
                 { leading: true, trailing: true },
             ),
-        [room, throttleWait],
+        [room, throttleWait, includeInvited],
     );
 
     useTypedEventEmitter(room.currentState, RoomStateEvent.Members, throttledUpdate);
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/memberlist/common.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/memberlist/common.tsx
index 592155841f..30ea7e9c81 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/memberlist/common.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/memberlist/common.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ export async function renderMemberList(
         members: {},
         getMember: jest.fn(),
         getStateEvents: ((eventType, stateKey) => (stateKey === undefined ? [] : null)) as RoomState["getStateEvents"], // ignore 3pid invites
+        getInvitedMemberCount: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(0),
+        getJoinedMemberCount: jest
+            .fn()
+            .mockReturnValue(adminUsers.length + moderatorUsers.length + defaultUsers.length),
+        on: jest.fn(),
+        off: jest.fn(),
     } as unknown as RoomState;
     for (const member of [...adminUsers, ...moderatorUsers, ...defaultUsers]) {
         memberListRoom.currentState.members[member.userId] = member;