1 million in lakhs and crores.
If you read international figures but think in lakh and crore, here is the conversion — starting with the one everyone looks up.
The headline answer
One million equals ten lakh. And ten million equals one crore. So a salary quoted as "$1 million" is ten lakh in Indian terms, and a company valued at "$100 million" is ten crore. The mismatch happens because the two systems put their boundaries in different places — millions step every three zeros, lakh and crore step every two after the first thousand.
Conversion table
| International | = | Indian |
|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Thousand | = | One Lakh |
| One Million | = | Ten Lakh |
| Ten Million | = | One Crore |
| One Hundred Million | = | Ten Crore |
| One Billion | = | One Hundred Crore (One Arab) |
The quick mental shortcuts
To go from millions to lakh, multiply by ten (1 million = 10 lakh). To go from millions to crore, divide by ten (10 million = 1 crore). To go from billion to crore, multiply by one hundred (1 billion = 100 crore). These three cover most real conversions.
Switch systems live. Type any figure into the converter and flip the System toggle to see it read both ways at once — "One Million" and "Ten Lakh" for the same number.