How many Pokemon are there in 2023? All types & generations
The Pokemon CompanyThere number of Pokemon available to catch across all nine generations is seemingly endless, from starters to Legendaries and Mythicals. If you’re wondering what the total number of Pokemon is, here’s all you need to know.
The ever-popular Pokemon franchise now spans decades, with so many different creatures and types introduced since it first came on to the scene in 1996, so it’s hard to keep track of how many Pokemon there are.
Each new generation like Scarlet & Violet can bring more than a hundred Pokemon to the National Pokedex. On top of that, DLC or mid-generation releases like Pokemon Legends Arceus often add even more creatures into the mix.
We’ll keep this page updated when new games are released – but for now, this is all the information you need to know.
Contents
- How many Pokemon are there?
- How many Legendaries are there?
- How many types are there?
- How many generations are there?
The Pokemon CompanyHow many Pokemon are there in 2023?
There are currently 1017 Pokemon officially registered on the National Pokedex.
This is up a bit from when Scarlet & Violet initially launched. First, the Paradox Pokémon Walking Wake and Iron Leaves were added in a February 2023 update. Then, the first wave of Scarlet & Violet’s The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC, The Teal Mask, added seven more, including four Legendaries.
The upcoming Indigo Disk is set to add at least four new Pokemon, though we have not included them in this count since they aren’t yet available in any games.
Our number also doesn’t include regional forms like Alolan Vulpix or Galarian Rapidash, as they’re considered to be the same number in the Pokedex.
It’s also worth pointing out that these 1017 species span multiple games and generations, so although there may be over a thousand Pokemon in total, you’ll never find that many in one single game.
How many Legendaries are there?
70 Legendary Pokemon can be found in the games at the moment, which is a massive increase from the five that appeared in the original games.
The newest are Ogerpon, Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti from The Teal Mask. The Indigo Disk’s Terapagos is not included, as it is not yet available.
We also have not included Paradox Pokemon related to existing Legendaries in this number. There are currently two available, Walking Wake and Iron Leaves (based on Suicune and Virizion), with two more announced for The Indigo Disk, Raging Bolt and Iron Crown (based on Raikou and Cobalion).
This number includes pre-evolutions like Cosmog and Cosmoem, but it doesn’t include Galarian versions of Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos. It also counts Urshifu as one Legendary, despite having two ‘styles’.
The Pokemon CompanyHow many Pokemon types are there?
Pokemon are currently categorized into 18 separate types: Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, and Water.
All of these types have been available since Gen 1 except for Dark and Steel, which were introduced in Gen 2, and Fairy, which was introduced in Gen 6. There have been no more types added since then.
How many generations are there?
There are currently nine generations of Pokemon games, following the release of Scarlet and Violet in November 2022.
Each generation contains multiple games – for example, Gen 8 had Sword & Shield as well as Legends Arceus and Let’s Go! – but there is traditionally one pair of mainline games per generation.
These are Red & Blue (Gen 1), Gold & Silver (Gen 2), Ruby & Sapphire (Gen 3), Diamond & Pearl (Gen 4), Black & White (Gen 5), X & Y (Gen 6), Sun & Moon (Gen 7), Sword & Shield (Gen 8), and Scarlet & Violet (Gen 9)
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