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The WP_User_Query class
There's the WP_User_Query for exactly that. This class is an extension for the cores base wpdb class. The counting will therefore be saved inside the global $wpdb; object and is easy accessible.
global $wpdb;
$author_search = new WP_User_Query( array( 'role' => 'author' ) );
$author_list = $author_search->get_results();
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