diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index efe871001f..a50687cb23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Code freeze date: YYYY-MM-DD
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed asset count in impact logging message [#1195](https://github.com/CLIMADA-project/climada_python/pull/1195).
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/climada/engine/impact_calc.py b/climada/engine/impact_calc.py
index 0586166173..0f35bc904b 100644
--- a/climada/engine/impact_calc.py
+++ b/climada/engine/impact_calc.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def impact(
             return self._return_empty(save_mat)
         LOGGER.info(
             "Calculating impact for %s assets (>0) and %s events.",
-            exp_gdf.size,
+            len(exp_gdf),
             self.n_events,
         )
         imp_mat_gen = self.imp_mat_gen(exp_gdf, impf_col)
diff --git a/climada/engine/test/test_impact_calc.py b/climada/engine/test/test_impact_calc.py
index bd606c6e19..9e7b2e2cb2 100644
--- a/climada/engine/test/test_impact_calc.py
+++ b/climada/engine/test/test_impact_calc.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ def test_calc_insured_impact_no_insurance(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             logs.output,
             [
-                "INFO:climada.engine.impact_calc:Calculating impact for 150 assets (>0) and 14450 events."
+                "INFO:climada.engine.impact_calc:Calculating impact for 50 assets (>0) and 14450 events."
             ],
         )
         self.assertEqual(icalc.n_events, len(impact.at_event))