Million vs Crore — Which Is Bigger?
1 crore is bigger — it equals 10 million. Written out, 1 crore is 1,00,00,000 and 1 million is 1,000,000. Going the other way, 1 million is 0.1 crore.
Side by side
| 1 Million, Indian digits | 10,00,000 |
| 1 Million, international digits | 1,000,000 |
| 1 Million as a power of ten | 10⁶ |
| 1 Million on the other scale | 10 Lakh |
| 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 |
Both directions
To go from crore to million, multiply by 10. So 5 crore is 50 million, and 100 crore is 1,000 million.
To go the other way, divide by 10. 500 million is 50 crore, and 1 million is 0.1 crore.
Where each one is used
Million is the international workhorse and the unit most global press, company filings and sports coverage default to. Indian readers meet it constantly in imported copy, which is exactly why it has to be converted back into lakh and crore to feel like a real amount.
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.
Million to Crore at a glance
| Amount | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 Million | 0.1 Crore |
| 2 Million | 0.2 Crore |
| 5 Million | 0.5 Crore |
| 10 Million | 1 Crore |
| 25 Million | 2.5 Crore |
| 50 Million | 5 Crore |
| 100 Million | 10 Crore |
| 500 Million | 50 Crore |
| 1,000 Million | 100 Crore |
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, million or crore?
Crore. One crore equals 10 million, so it is 10 times the size.
How many millions are in 1 crore?
10. In digits, 1 crore is 1,00,00,000 and 1 million is 1,000,000.
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 1,00,00,000 the same as 10,000,000?
Yes — those are the same number written with Indian and international commas. Only the punctuation changes; the digits and the value do not.