Number Formats - Format Numbers for International Communication

Numberformats.com provides an easy and fast tool to format numbers as is expected in a certain country or region.

We also maintain reference pages for number formats and formattings in differents locales as well as a page for date formattings.

You can enter the number in its parts before (often called "characteristic" or integer-part) and after (often called "mantissa" or fractional part) the separator (decimal point, comma) and select the target regional format. The result will be calculated against the latest server-side business logic and displayed in an instant.

Formats and Formattings of Numbers

The formatting of numbers deals with these questions:

1. Which character is the decimal separator (also called "decimal point")?

This is a comma in Germany [123,45], a period (dot .) in the U.S. [123.45]

2. How are thousands separated?

This can be a space (for example: Sweden 1 234 567), a dot (., for example: Germany 1.234.567) or a comma (, for example: United States of America 1,234,567).

3. How are negatives displayed?

This can displayed with a negative sign (-) at the beginning or the end of the number, but also via color (red) and putting the number in parentheses, so for example

  • -123
  • 123-
  • (123)
  • (123)

4. What numerals are used and is the set of numerals a one-to-one match to the Latin set for each number?

Arabic, Bengla, Chinese, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Kannada, Korean, Latin, Malayalam, Odia, Sino, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan

among others, have numeral sets to display numebers.

5. How are digits grouped?

This can be in groups of 3 (e.g. Germany 123.456.789, U.S. 123,456,789) or groups of 2 (e.g. Hindi 12,34,56,789

6. Where is the percent sign placed?

This can be a prefix %12, suffix (12%), or seperated suffix (12 %).