How did the Doctor count the number of children?

Spoilers for The Day of the Doctor:

The Tenth Doctor reports to have counted 2.47 billion children in Gallifrey on the last day of the war.

Now, is there any reference to this number somewhere in the series? Does any episode, perhaps even the classics, make mention of this amount?

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