Lakh / Crore Converter
Convert between lakh, crore, thousand, million and billion instantly, with both Indian and international notation shown. Free, no login.
In short
A lakh crore converter translates amounts between the Indian units of thousand, lakh and crore and the international units of million and billion. VyaparKit's free converter takes a value and its unit, shows the full number with Indian commas and in words, and lists the equivalent in every other unit, so 25 lakh becomes 2.5 million and 1 billion becomes 100 crore.
Equals
1,00,00,000
One Crore
Quick conversions
1 million = 10 lakh. 1 crore = 10 million. 1 billion = 100 crore. 1 arab = 1 billion.
About the lakh / crore converter tool
Indian business runs on lakhs and crores while global reports, foreign clients, funding news and software dashboards use millions and billions. A founder describing ₹5 crore of revenue to an overseas investor needs to say 50 million; an exporter reading a $2 million order needs to know it is 20 lakh dollars; a news reader seeing '₹1.2 billion' has to convert it to 120 crore. The conversion is simple in principle but the zeros are easy to miscount.
The usual slip is a factor of ten: treating a million as one lakh instead of ten, or a billion as ten crore instead of a hundred. Because the two systems group digits differently, counting zeros by eye often fails above seven digits. The converter accepts decimals such as 2.5 crore, shows the complete number as 2,50,00,000 with the Indian words, and displays the value in thousand, lakh, crore, million and billion at once so the right one is in front of you.
Use it with the rupee formatter to present converted figures with correct commas, and with the number to words tool when a document needs the amount spelled out.
How to convert between lakh, crore, million and billion
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Enter the value
Type the number in the 'Value' box. Decimals are allowed, for example 2.5 or 350.
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Select the unit you have
Choose 'Thousand', 'Lakh', 'Crore', 'Million' or 'Billion' to say what the value is measured in.
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Read the full number
The result shows the complete figure with Indian commas, such as 2,50,00,000, and its words, 'Two Crore Fifty Lakh'.
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Read the other units
The breakdown lists the same amount in each of the remaining units, so 2.5 crore also shows as 250 lakh, 25 million and 0.025 billion.
The conversion table, with worked examples
- 1 lakh = 1,00,000 = 100 thousand = 0.1 million.
- 1 million = 10,00,000 = 10 lakh. So 25 lakh = 2.5 million, and 3.5 million = 35 lakh.
- 1 crore = 1,00,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million. So 5 crore = 50 million, and 250 million = 25 crore.
- 1 billion = 1,00,00,00,000 = 100 crore = 1,000 million = 1 arab. So 1.2 billion = 120 crore, and 350 crore = 3.5 billion.
- 1 trillion = 1,000 billion = 1,00,000 crore = 1 lakh crore. India's GDP of about 3.5 trillion dollars is 3.5 lakh crore dollars.
- To go from crore to million, multiply by 10. From million to crore, divide by 10. From crore to billion, divide by 100. From billion to crore, multiply by 100.
- Worked example: ₹4,20,00,000 of annual turnover is 4.2 crore, 420 lakh, 42 million and 0.042 billion.
- Currency is unchanged by the conversion: 2 million dollars is 20 lakh dollars, not 20 lakh rupees. Convert the unit first and the currency separately using the exchange rate.
Who uses the lakh / crore converter
Founders and startups
A Bengaluru founder converts ₹12 crore of ARR into 120 million rupees for an investor deck and checks it against the $1 = ₹83 rate separately.
Exporters and importers
A Tirupur garment exporter reads a $1.5 million order as 15 lakh dollars and prices it against the factory's crore-based capacity plan.
Students and journalists
A business journalist converts a company's $4 billion valuation into 400 crore dollars and then into rupees at the current rate.
Accountants preparing group reports
A CA consolidating an Indian subsidiary's ₹85 crore revenue into a parent company's million-based template converts it to 850 million.
Lakh / Crore Converter: frequently asked questions
- How many lakhs are in a million?
- Ten lakh make one million. One lakh is 1,00,000 and one million is 10,00,000, so multiplying lakh by 0.1 gives million and multiplying million by 10 gives lakh. For example, 25 lakh is 2.5 million and 6 million is 60 lakh.
- How many crores are in a billion?
- One hundred crore make one billion. A crore is 1,00,00,000 (ten million) and a billion is 1,00,00,00,000 (a thousand million), so a billion is 100 times a crore. That means 1.2 billion is 120 crore and 350 crore is 3.5 billion. A billion is also called an arab in the Indian system.
- What is 1 million in Indian rupees?
- One million rupees is ₹10,00,000, which is ten lakh rupees. If the amount is in dollars, first convert the unit (1 million dollars = 10 lakh dollars) and then apply the exchange rate: at ₹83 per dollar, 1 million dollars is about ₹8.3 crore.
- How do I convert crore to million?
- Multiply the crore figure by 10. Five crore is 50 million, 12.5 crore is 125 million and 0.8 crore (80 lakh) is 8 million. To go the other way, divide million by 10: 250 million is 25 crore. Remember the currency stays the same; only the unit changes.
- What is a trillion in crores?
- One trillion is one lakh crore, that is 1,00,000 crore or 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 in Indian format. It equals 1,000 billion. Government budgets and GDP figures are usually stated in lakh crore for this reason: a ₹48 lakh crore budget is ₹48 trillion.
- Is an arab the same as a billion?
- Yes. In the Indian numbering system one arab is 1,00,00,00,000, which is 100 crore or one billion. The next unit, one kharab, is 100 arab or 100 billion. These names are common in Hindi and Urdu but official Indian documents usually stay with crore, writing 100 crore rather than 1 arab.