1,000,000,000

Last updated
1000000000
Cardinal One billion (short scale)
One milliard (long scale)
One thousand million
Ordinal One billionth (short scale)
Factorization
  • 29
  • 59
Greek numeral
Roman numeral M
Binary 1110111001101011001010000000002
Ternary 21202002000210100013
Senary 2431212453446
Octal 73465450008
Duodecimal 23AA9385412
Hexadecimal 3B9ACA0016

1,000,000,000 ("one billion" on the short scale; "one milliard" on the long scale; one thousand million) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. With a number, "billion" can be abbreviated as b, bil [1] or bn. [2] [3]

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In standard form, it is written as 1 × 109. The metric prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. Its symbol is G .

One billion years may be called an eon in astronomy or geology.

Previously in British English (but not in American English), the word "billion" referred exclusively to a million millions (1,000,000,000,000). However, this is not common anymore, and the word has been used to mean one thousand million (1,000,000,000) for several decades. [4]

The term milliard could also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000; whereas "milliard" is rarely used in English, [5] variations on this name often appear in other languages.

In the Indian numbering system, it is known as 100 crore or 1 arab.

1,000,000,000 is also the cube of 1000.

It is a common metric used in macroeconomics when describing national economies.

Sense of scale

Visualization of powers of ten from one to 1 billion Visualisation 1 billion.svg
Visualization of powers of ten from one to 1 billion

The facts below give a sense of how large 1,000,000,000 (109) is in the context of time according to current scientific evidence:

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A is a cube; B consists of 1000 cubes the size of cube A, C consists of 1000 cubes the size of cube B; and D consists of 1000 cubes the size of cube C. Thus there are 1 millionA-sized cubes in C; and 1,000,000,000 A-sized cubes in D.

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Selected 10-digit numbers (1,000,000,001–9,999,999,999)

1,000,000,001 to 1,999,999,999

2,000,000,000 to 2,999,999,999

3,000,000,000 to 3,999,999,999

4,000,000,000 to 4,999,999,999

5,000,000,000 to 5,999,999,999

6,000,000,000 to 6,999,999,999

7,000,000,000 to 7,999,999,999

8,000,000,000 to 8,999,999,999

9,000,000,000 to 9,999,999,999

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