I would like to display the total number of entries for a channel and nothing else is required to be displayed.

Is there a more efficient way to do this than the following?

{exp:channel:entries channel="products" }

{if count == total_results}
    {count}
{/if}

{/exp:channel:entries}

I would like to display the total number of entries for a channel and nothing else is required to be displayed.

Is there a more efficient way to do this than the following?

{exp:channel:entries channel="products"}
  {if count == total_results}
    {count}
  {/if}
{/exp:channel:entries}