diff --git a/.changelog/11222.txt b/.changelog/11222.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b87ddf8ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11222.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+telemetry: Add new metrics for the count of connect service instances and configuration entries.
+```
diff --git a/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go b/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
index c767758246..cba1a0fa0d 100644
--- a/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
+++ b/agent/consul/usagemetrics/usagemetrics.go
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ var Gauges = []prometheus.GaugeDefinition{
 		Name: []string{"consul", "kv", "entries"},
 		Help: "Measures the current number of server agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.",
 	},
+	{
+		Name: []string{"consul", "state", "connect_instances"},
+		Help: "Measures the current number of unique connect service instances registered with Consul, labeled by Kind. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.4.",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: []string{"consul", "state", "config_entries"},
+		Help: "Measures the current number of unique configuration entries registered with Consul, labeled by Kind. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.4.",
+	},
 }
 
 type getMembersFunc func() []serf.Member
diff --git a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
index 2902d43553..9518eb60d1 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ This is a full list of metrics emitted by Consul.
 | `consul.state.services`                                  | Measures the current number of unique services registered with Consul, based on service name. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.0.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.service_instances`                         | Measures the current number of unique service instances registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.0.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.state.kv_entries`                                | Measures the current number of unique KV entries written in Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.10.3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | number of objects    | gauge   |
+| `consul.state.connect_instances`                         | Measures the current number of unique connect service instances registered with Consul labeled by Kind (e.g. connect-proxy, connect-native, etc). Added in v1.10.4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | number of objects    | gauge   |
+| `consul.state.config_entries`                            | Measures the current number of configuration entries registered with Consul labeled by Kind (e.g. service-defaults, proxy-defaults, etc). See [Configuration Entries](/docs/connect/config-entries) for more information. Added in v1.10.4                                                                                                                                                                          | number of objects    | gauge   |
 | `consul.members.clients`                                 | Measures the current number of client agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | number of clients    | gauge   |
 | `consul.members.servers`                                 | Measures the current number of server agents registered with Consul. It is only emitted by Consul servers. Added in v1.9.6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | number of servers    | gauge   |
 | `consul.dns.stale_queries`                               | Increments when an agent serves a query within the allowed stale threshold.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | queries              | counter |