I do not have a large pond, yet. I do have lots of ducks though and 20 acres, while nice, can still be left behind by wandering ducks. Many a time I've had to hop on my bike to get the ducks back onto our property, and we have 40 acres. They just get to wandering and off they go.
I think number of ducks is flexible-ish. They are nasty creatures. They can muck up a water source quick as can be. So I suppose I'd rather have too few ducks than too many for a pond area. The stench of an over populated pond is...... horrible.
Do you have a lot of vegetation and water plants in your pond to help with filtration? Fish? Crustaceans? Those would help with the duck
poop filled pond issue.
I have no real numbers to offer but I suppose you could always get a bunch, see how the pond does and add or subtract as needed. I think it's more a balance of ducks to your particular pond. Your particular area. Your particular ability to filter out the duck crap. So it'll be an experiment for you. Have fun with it. Baby ducks are to die for adorable!