The Pokémon Company manufactured more than 10 billion Pokémon trading cards last year alone, and has now produced a staggering total of 85 billion cards to date.
Just last year’s number of cards represents a higher figure than the number of people on the planet. But it’s also especially shocking considering the supply issues still faced by Pokémon cards — that are still hard to find despite that huge production volume.
New card releases have constantly been scuppered by scalping, in-store squabbles and constant sell-outs. The huge popularity of Pokémon cards (and in particular the rarer varieties) has also led to a never-ending spate of thefts, with dozens of instances where trading card stores were broken into reported across the U.S. alone.
The latest Pokémon card production figures come from a freshly-updated page on The Pokémon Company’s website, which lists the franchise’s various sales milestones (as of the end of March 2026).
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