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Cumulative Pokémon cards sold worldwide by mid-2007

14,000 millions of cards Cumulative to mid-2007

ReportedA broadcaster’s page relaying company information; not audited.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

What this is

Cumulative Pokémon cards sold worldwide by mid-2007: more than 14 billion.

How it’s built

  1. Stated on TV Tokyo’s page for a July 2007 episode of its business programme Cambria Palace featuring the company’s president, Tsunekazu Ishihara.

What we assumed

  • ‘More than 14 billion’ is taken as the value.The source gives a floor; the true figure could be somewhat higher.

Sanity check

Another source puts the total at 21.5bn by March 2015, implying about 7.5bn cards over eight years. This one says ‘sold’; others count cards produced.

Where it comes from

Japanese-language document: The Pokémon Company, 2007 TV Tokyo · 9 July 2007 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

日本初のカードゲームとして、世界で140億枚以上も売れている。

In English

As Japan's first card game, it has sold over 14 billion cards worldwide.

Where it’s used

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