Count node
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <People> <Person> <Name>name 1</Name> <Description>description 1</Description> </Person> <Person> <Name>name 2</Name> <Description>description 2</Description> </Person> </People> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <html> <head> <title> About <xsl:value-of select="count(/People/Person)" /> . </title> </head> <body> <h3> about <xsl:value-of select="count(/People/Person)" /> people. </h3> <br /> <xsl:apply-templates select="/People/Person" /> </body> </html> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="Person"> <h3> <xsl:value-of select="Name" /> </h3> <p> <xsl:value-of select="Description" /> </p> <br /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title> About 2 . </title> </head> <body> <h3> about 2 people. </h3><br><h3>name 1</h3> <p>description 1</p><br><h3>name 2</h3> <p>description 2</p><br></body> </html>