The total number of Pokémon cards produced since the game began, as at March 2020

What this is

The total number of Pokémon cards produced since the game began, as at March 2020: over 30.4bn.

How it’s built

1. From The Pokémon Company's 'Pokémon in Figures' page, as compiled across its successive updates by the fan news site PokeBeach.

What we assumed

• 'Over 30.4bn' is shown as 30.4bn.The company states floors, so the true total is a little higher.
• Cards produced, not cards sold.The company counts production; unsold stock is included.

Sanity check

It is a running total since the game began, not a yearly figure. PokeBeach cautions that the company's older cumulative totals may not be exact, so small year-to-year differences should not be over-read.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

Over 30.4 billion (as of 2020-03)

Where it’s used

• ProfileThe Pokémon Company

Related figures

The same measure, other periods

• ReportedAs of 31 March 202685 billion cards
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• ReportedAs of 31 March 202464.8 billion cards
• ReportedAs of 31 March 202352.9 billion cards
• ReportedAs of 31 March 202243.2 billion cards
• ReportedAs of 31 March 202134.1 billion cards