diff --git a/docs/tracking-plan.md b/docs/tracking-plan.md
index 04efab403c5..eab202408d1 100644
--- a/docs/tracking-plan.md
+++ b/docs/tracking-plan.md
@@ -854,6 +854,10 @@ This event is fired when user successfully connects to a new server/cluster.
   - The OS family of the connected server.
 - **topology_type** (required): `string`
   - The type of connected topology.
+- **num_active_connections** (required): `number`
+  - The number of active connections.
+- **num_inactive_connections** (required): `number`
+  - The number of inactive connections.
 - **auth_type** (optional): `string | undefined`
   - Desktop only. The authentication type used in the connection.
 - **tunnel** (optional): `string | undefined`
diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
index 368e5875e65..f40270a6503 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
@@ -1739,6 +1739,16 @@ const connectWithOptions = (
               getExtraConnectionData(connectionInfo),
             ]);
 
+            const connections = getState().connections;
+            // Counting all connections, we need to filter out any connections currently being created
+            const totalConnectionsCount = Object.values(
+              connections.byId
+            ).filter(({ isBeingCreated }) => !isBeingCreated).length;
+            const activeConnectionsCount =
+              getActiveConnectionsCount(connections);
+            const inactiveConnectionsCount =
+              totalConnectionsCount - activeConnectionsCount;
+
             return {
               is_atlas: isAtlas,
               atlas_hostname: isAtlas ? resolvedHostname : null,
@@ -1751,6 +1761,8 @@ const connectWithOptions = (
               server_arch: host.arch,
               server_os_family: host.os_family,
               topology_type: dataService.getCurrentTopologyType(),
+              num_active_connections: activeConnectionsCount,
+              num_inactive_connections: inactiveConnectionsCount,
               ...extraInfo,
             };
           },
diff --git a/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts b/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
index 0355d5f2b97..3d1ec55d500 100644
--- a/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
@@ -790,6 +790,16 @@ type NewConnectionEvent = ConnectionScoped<{
      * The type of connected topology.
      */
     topology_type: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of active connections.
+     */
+    num_active_connections: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of inactive connections.
+     */
+    num_inactive_connections: number;
   } & ExtraConnectionData;
 }>;