How many copies did Pokémon Gold and Silver sell worldwide?

Pokémon Gold and Silver sold over 23 million copies worldwide.

The games were released for the Game Boy Color and became major commercial successes after the original Pokémon titles. Their sales made them the best-selling games for the Game Boy Color and among the strongest-selling games in the broader Game Boy family.

Gold and Silver benefited from Pokémon’s established audience while offering a substantial new adventure. They added 100 species, a new region called Johto, a real-time day-and-night system, breeding, held items, and the Dark and Steel types. Their connection to the earlier games also encouraged trading and helped make the second generation feel like an expansion of an existing world.

Sales figures are sometimes confused with franchise-wide totals or with the combined sales of later remakes, such as HeartGold and SoulSilver. The figure of over 23 million refers specifically to the original Gold and Silver releases, not every game that uses those titles or characters.