Crore vs Arab — Which Is Bigger?
1 arab is bigger — it equals 100 crore. Written out, 1 arab is 1,00,00,00,000 and 1 crore is 1,00,00,000. Going the other way, 1 crore is 0.01 arab.
Side by side
| 1 Crore, Indian digits | 1,00,00,000 |
| 1 Crore, international digits | 10,000,000 |
| 1 Crore as a power of ten | 10⁷ |
| 1 Crore on the other scale | 10 Million |
| 1 Arab, Indian digits | 1,00,00,00,000 |
| 1 Arab, international digits | 1,000,000,000 |
| 1 Arab as a power of ten | 10⁹ |
| 1 Arab on the other scale | 1 Billion |
Both directions
To go from arab to crore, multiply by 100. So 5 arab is 500 crore, and 100 arab is 10,000 crore.
To go the other way, divide by 100. 500 crore is 5 arab, and 1 crore is 0.01 arab.
Where each one is used
Crore is the unit Indian public life runs on — film budgets and box office, cricket auction fees, company results, government schemes. Indian English almost never leaves it, preferring "1,20,000 crore" to switching up to a larger unit.
Arab is the classical unit above crore. It stays in daily use in Pakistan and in Urdu-language media, while Indian English has largely dropped it in favour of counting on in crore. This is the single biggest divergence between Indian and Pakistani number habits.
Crore to Arab at a glance
| Amount | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 Crore | 0.01 Arab |
| 2 Crore | 0.02 Arab |
| 5 Crore | 0.05 Arab |
| 10 Crore | 0.1 Arab |
| 25 Crore | 0.25 Arab |
| 50 Crore | 0.5 Arab |
| 100 Crore | 1 Arab |
| 500 Crore | 5 Arab |
| 1,000 Crore | 10 Arab |
The full scale
| Indian unit | Digits | Power | International |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | 1,000 | 10³ | 1 Thousand |
| Lakh | 1,00,000 | 10⁵ | 100 Thousand |
| Crore | 1,00,00,000 | 10⁷ | 10 Million |
| Arab | 1,00,00,00,000 | 10⁹ | 1 Billion |
| Kharab | 1,00,00,00,00,000 | 10¹¹ | 100 Billion |
| Neel | 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 | 10¹³ | 10 Trillion |
| Padma | 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 | 10¹⁵ | 1 Quadrillion |
| Shankh | 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 | 10¹⁷ | 100 Quadrillion |
Convert any amount
Indian system
International system
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, crore or arab?
Arab. One arab equals 100 crore, so it is 100 times the size.
How many crores are in 1 arab?
100. In digits, 1 arab is 1,00,00,00,000 and 1 crore is 1,00,00,000.
Why do the two systems have different units at all?
The international system introduces a new name every three digits — thousand, million, billion, trillion. The Indian system introduces one every two digits after a thousand — lakh, crore, arab, kharab. Both count the same way; they just group and name the digits differently, which is also why Indian commas fall at 1,00,00,000 rather than 10,000,000.
Is 1,00,00,00,000 the same as 1,000,000,000?
Yes — those are the same number written with Indian and international commas. Only the punctuation changes; the digits and the value do not.