The total number of Pokémon cards since launch as of the end of March 2018

What this is

The total number of Pokémon cards since launch as of the end of March 2018: more than 25.7 billion.

How it’s built

1. Reported by PokeGuardian, a Pokémon fan news site, in a 2022 compilation of yearly totals that credits The Pokémon Company's corporate figures page.

What we assumed

• The fan site copied the company's figure correctly.No archived copy of the company page for this date was found, so this relies on the compilation.

Sanity check

It sits between the company's own 23.6bn (March 2017) and 30.4bn (March 2020), as it should.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

2017/2018 - 25.7 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2018)

Where it’s used

• Deep dive · Trading cardsPrinting: one lifetime total, changed twice
• Chart · Printing: one lifetime total, changed twiceThe card total switched from cards shipped to cards made in 2021, and lost its decimal in 2025

Related figures

The same measure, other periods

• ReportedAs of March 202685,000,000,000 cards (over)
• ReportedAs of March 2026 (30th-anniversary year)85,000,000,000 cards (over)
• ReportedYear to March 2026 (as of 31 March 2026)85,000,000,000 cards (over)
• ReportedYear to March 2026 (as of end March 2026)85,000,000,000 cards (over)
• ReportedYear to March 2025 (as of 31 March 2025)75,000,000,000 cards (over)
• ReportedYear to March 2024 (as of 31 March 2024)64,800,000,000 cards (over)