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====Countries using decimal point==== Countries where a dot ({{code|.}}) is used as a decimal separator include: {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Australia * Bahamas, The * Bangladesh * Botswana * British West Indies * Cambodia * Canada (when using English) * China * Cyprus (currency numbers) * Dominican Republic * Egypt * El Salvador * Ethiopia * Ghana * Guatemala * Guyana * Honduras * Hong Kong * India * Ireland * Israel * Jamaica * Japan * Jordan * Kenya * Korea, North * Korea, South * Libya * Liechtenstein * Macau (in Chinese and English text) * Malaysia * Maldives * Malta * Mexico * Myanmar * Namibia (uses both marks) * Nepal * New Zealand * Nicaragua * Nigeria * Pakistan * Panama * Peru (currency numbers) * Philippines * Qatar * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * Somalia * Sri Lanka * Switzerland{{efn|group=lower-roman|name=switzerland|The decimal point is used in some [[cantons of Switzerland]] (for example the [[Canton of St. Gallen]]<ref>[http://www.schule.sg.ch/home/volksschule/unterricht/lehrplan/_jcr_content/Par/downloadlist_0/DownloadListPar/download_6.ocFile/8_Fachbereich_Mathematik.pdf Lehrplan Fachbereich Mathematik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143437/http://www.schule.sg.ch/home/volksschule/unterricht/lehrplan/_jcr_content/Par/downloadlist_0/DownloadListPar/download_6.ocFile/8_Fachbereich_Mathematik.pdf |date=2017-03-23 }}, p. 14 (PDF; β 257 kB) β from ''schule.sg.ch'' (german)</ref>). It is used in [[IT]] and with [[currency]] values. On the other hand, the decimal comma is used in federal publications<ref>''[http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/sprachen/04915/05016/index.html?lang=de Schreibweisungen; 514: Dezimalkomma und Dezimalpunkt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122114658/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/sprachen/04915/05016/index.html?lang=de |date=2017-01-22 }}'' β Issuer: ''[[Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]]'', 2nd issue 2013, p. 80 (German).</ref> and some other cantons.}} * Syria * Taiwan * Tanzania * Thailand{{efn|group=lower-roman|name=software-devs|According to several software developers, Spain and Sweden both use a comma as a decimal separator while Thailand uses a dot instead.<ref name=software>{{cite web|publisher=Oracle|title=Decimal and Thousands Separators|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0169/overview-9/index.html|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Igor|last1=Krupitsky|publisher=Microsoft|title=International Number Formats|date=May 2010|url=https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/78175/International-Number-Formats|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>}} * Uganda * United Arab Emirates * United Kingdom * United States (including [[insular area]]s) }} '''Notes''' {{notelist|group=lower-roman}}
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