LOS ANGELES — Racing to make good on a 2016 pledge to double female and minority membership by the end of next year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Monday that it would increase the Oscar voting pool to roughly 9,000 people, a new high.

By the academy’s count, about 50 percent of the 842 film industry professionals invited to become members this year are women, including stars like Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”), Gemma Chan (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Claire Foy (“First Man”), Elisabeth Moss (“Us”) and Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”). About 29 percent are minorities, including Jimmy Chin, who co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” and the “Girls Trip” writer Tracy Oliver.

Other notable invitees include the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox; Jamie Bell, whose credits include “Billy Elliot” and “Rocketman”; and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative team behind movies like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”

The new class would not do much to change the overall makeup of the elite group. If all the invitations are accepted — some people have declined in the past, one being Woody Allen — female membership will rise to 32 percent from 31 percent, according to the academy. The percentage of minority members would remain 16.