Indian commas (12,34,56,789) and international (123,456,789), lakh and crore to million
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Updated on 25 Oct 2026.Indian grouping puts a comma after the last three digits and then after every two, so 123456789 is written 12,34,56,789; the international style groups in threes, 123,456,789. One lakh is 100,000, one crore is 10 million and 100 crore is one billion. Type a number to see it both ways.
| Indian digits | International digits | Indian name | International name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46,000 | 46,000 | 46 thousand | 46 thousand |
| 49,000 | 49,000 | 49 thousand | 49 thousand |
| 50,000 | 50,000 | 50 thousand | 50 thousand |
| 1,00,000 | 100,000 | 1 lakh | 100 thousand |
| 1,50,000 | 150,000 | 1.5 lakh | 150 thousand |
| 5,00,000 | 500,000 | 5 lakh | 500 thousand |
| 10,00,000 | 1,000,000 | 10 lakh | 1 million |
| 1,00,00,000 | 10,000,000 | 1 crore | 10 million |
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India writes and names large numbers differently from most of the world, and the same figure can look like two different numbers. Twelve crore thirty-four lakh is written 12,34,56,789 in India and 123,456,789 elsewhere. This converter shows any number both ways and names it in lakh and crore and in million and billion, as you type. It runs in the browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Two ways to place the commas. The Indian system puts one comma after the last three digits and then one after every two (1,00,00,000). The international system puts one after every three (10,000,000). Both are correct; which one to use depends on who will read it. Indian cheques, invoices and government documents use the first; foreign forms and most spreadsheets default to the second.
The names do not line up. A lakh is 100,000 and a crore is 10,000,000, while a million is 1,000,000 and a billion 1,000,000,000. So:
| Indian | International |
|---|---|
| 10 lakh | 1 million |
| 1 crore | 10 million |
| 100 crore | 1 billion |
| 1 lakh crore | 1 trillion |
To go from crore to million, multiply by ten; from million to crore, divide by ten. From lakh to million, divide by ten.
Type it the way you say it. The box reads "2.5 crore", "45 lakh", "3.2 bn", "750 million" or "12,34,567", with or without a rupee sign, so there is nothing to select first. The result lists the value in every unit, the most readable name in each system, and the whole number in words on both scales.
What it does not do. It converts the count, not the currency: 1 million dollars is 10 lakh dollars, not 10 lakh rupees. It uses the short-scale billion (a thousand million), which is standard in India, the US and the UK today, and it does not handle the old Indian units arab and kharab. Numbers above 10^15 are refused, and figures are shown to two decimal places at most.
Ten million make one crore. A crore is 1,00,00,000 in Indian digits and 10,000,000 in international digits: the same number with the commas in different places. So 2.5 crore is 25 million, 10 crore is 100 million, and 100 crore is 1,000 million, which is one billion.
Ten lakh make one million. A lakh is 100,000, so a million, 1,000,000, is ten of them. To turn lakh into million, divide by ten: a salary of 25 lakh a year is 2.5 million. To turn million into lakh, multiply by ten: 0.8 million is 8 lakh.
Count three digits from the right and place a comma, then place a comma after every two digits moving left. 123456789 becomes 12,34,56,789, and 10000000 becomes 1,00,00,000. The international format places a comma after every three digits instead: 123,456,789. Paste a number here to get both.
One billion is 100 crore. A billion is 1,000,000,000, which in Indian digits is 1,00,00,00,000: one hundred crore. So a figure of 5 billion is 500 crore, and 1 trillion, a thousand billion, is 1 lakh crore, the unit Indian budget and GDP figures are often given in.
No. Lakh, crore, million and billion are only names for powers of ten, so the conversion changes the count, not the money. 1 crore rupees is 10 million rupees. A figure of 10 million dollars is 1 crore dollars; to get rupees, multiply by the exchange rate separately.
Crore ko million me kaise badle: multiply the number by 10, because one crore is ten million: 3 crore is 30 million and 0.5 crore is 5 million. To go back, divide million by 10. Type the figure here with the word crore or million and both results appear together.
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