Numerals and Separators by language

Type of numeral systems
Decimal and thousands separators

Numeral systems around the World:

Hindu-Arabic numerals or Arabic numerals – most common system used today around the World: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Eastern Arabic numerals – used today by Arab countries together with Arabic numerals: ٠.١.٢.٣.٤.٥.٦.٧.٨.٩

Chinese numerals: 〇 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九

Japanese numerals: Arabic numerals are mostly used to in horizontal writing and Chinese numerals in vertical writing

Decimal and thousands separators

Comma as decimal separator

Most countries in Europe will use comma as a decimal separator and a space or a point as a thousands separator.

E.g.:

France, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, etc: 999 999,00

French Canada: 999 999,00

Germany, Belgium, Italy, Romania, etc: 999 999,00 or 999.999,00

Netherlands: a dot is used as thousand separator for currencies (EUR 999.999,00) and a space for any other numbers

Comma as thousands separator

United States, Canada (English), Australia, China, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom: comma as a decimal separator, dot as a thousands separator

E.g.: 999,999.00