About lakh/crore ↔ million/billion converter
Indian and international systems name large numbers differently. This converter moves between lakh and crore and million and billion.
Quick facts
- 1 lakh = 100,000 = 0.1 million.
- 10 lakh = 1 million.
- 1 crore = 10 million.
- 100 crore = 1 billion (an arab).
Where it helps
Reading international news about Indian companies, comparing budgets, and writing for global readers who do not use lakh and crore.
A worked example
A budget of 25 lakh is 2.5 million. A company with revenue of 5 crore earns 50 million, and 250 crore is 2.5 billion. Going the other way, 3 million is 30 lakh.
Remember the pattern
A lakh has five zeros, a crore has seven and an arab has nine. A million has six zeros, so a million is ten lakh, and a billion has nine zeros, which is a hundred crore.
