How to count empty tables in database?

Question

Is there any way to count tables with no rows in my database with using T-SQL statement?

Answer 1

from khtan @ SQL Server Forums, this is used to drop all empty tables, maybe you could adapt it to output a count?

declare @name varchar(128), @sql nvarchar(2000), @i int
select  @name = ''
while   @name < (select max(name) from sysobjects where xtype = 'U')
begin
    select @name = min(name) from sysobjects where xtype = 'U' and name > @name
    select @sql = 'select @i = count(*) from [' + @name + ']'
    exec sp_executesql @sql, N'@i int out', @i out
    if @i = 0
    begin
        select @sql = 'drop table [' + @name + ']'
        print @sql
            -- unmask next to drop the table
        -- exec (@sql)
    end
end

I don't have SQLServer here but I could take a stab at it if you like.