CREATE EXTENSION popcount; ERROR: extension "popcount" already exists SELECT popcount64(15::bit(4)); popcount64 ------------ 4 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(7::bit(4)); popcount64 ------------ 3 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(15::bit(8)); popcount64 ------------ 4 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(7::bit(8)); popcount64 ------------ 3 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(15::bit(12)); popcount64 ------------ 4 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(7::bit(12)); popcount64 ------------ 3 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(15::bit(32)); popcount64 ------------ 4 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(7::bit(32)); popcount64 ------------ 3 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(30::bit(32)); popcount64 ------------ 4 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(127::bit(32)); popcount64 ------------ 7 (1 row) SELECT popcount64(b'10101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101011010101010101010101010101010101010110101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101011010101010101010101010101010101010110101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101011010101010101010101010101010101010110101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101011010101010101010101010101010101010110101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101011010101010101010101010'); popcount64 ------------ 263 (1 row) SELECT sum(popcount64(x::bit(512))) from generate_series(1,1000000) x; sum --------- 9884999 (1 row) SELECT sum(popcount64(x::bit(500))) from generate_series(1,1000000) x; sum --------- 9884999 (1 row)