Kharab vs Trillion — Which Is Bigger?
1 trillion is bigger — it equals 10 kharab. Written out, 1 trillion is 1,000,000,000,000 and 1 kharab is 1,00,00,00,00,000. Going the other way, 1 kharab is 0.1 trillion.
Side by side
| 1 Kharab, Indian digits | 1,00,00,00,00,000 |
| 1 Kharab, international digits | 100,000,000,000 |
| 1 Kharab as a power of ten | 10¹¹ |
| 1 Kharab on the other scale | 100 Billion |
| 1 Trillion, Indian digits | 10,00,00,00,00,000 |
| 1 Trillion, international digits | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| 1 Trillion as a power of ten | 10¹² |
| 1 Trillion on the other scale | 10 Kharab |
Both directions
To go from trillion to kharab, multiply by 10. So 5 trillion is 50 kharab, and 100 trillion is 1,000 kharab.
To go the other way, divide by 10. 500 kharab is 50 trillion, and 1 kharab is 0.1 trillion.
Where each one is used
Kharab sits two steps above crore and is rare even in Urdu outside formal writing. Figures at this scale are usually reported as "lakh crore" in India or as "hundred billion" internationally.
Trillion is where international reporting lands for national GDP and total government spending. Indian coverage of the same figures almost always says "lakh crore" instead, which is the same quantity.
Kharab to Trillion at a glance
| Amount | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 Kharab | 0.1 Trillion |
| 2 Kharab | 0.2 Trillion |
| 5 Kharab | 0.5 Trillion |
| 10 Kharab | 1 Trillion |
| 25 Kharab | 2.5 Trillion |
| 50 Kharab | 5 Trillion |
| 100 Kharab | 10 Trillion |
| 500 Kharab | 50 Trillion |
| 1,000 Kharab | 100 Trillion |
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, kharab or trillion?
Trillion. One trillion equals 10 kharab, so it is 10 times the size.
How many kharabs are in 1 trillion?
10. In digits, 1 trillion is 1,000,000,000,000 and 1 kharab is 1,00,00,00,00,000.
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 10,00,00,00,00,000 the same as 1,000,000,000,000?
Yes — those are the same number written with Indian and international commas. Only the punctuation changes; the digits and the value do not.