What is gram?

A gram is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is widely used in cooking, food labelling, and the measurement of small quantities in science and pharmacy.

What is milligram?

A milligram is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram. It is commonly used in pharmaceutical dosing, nutritional content labelling, and laboratory chemistry.

Worked examples

1 gram = 1,000 milligram

1 milligram = 0.000001 kilogram

More Mass conversions

• Convert gram to kilogram
• Convert gram to pound
• Convert gram to ounce
• Convert gram to tonne
• Convert gram to milligram
• Convert gram to microgram
• Convert gram to stone
• Convert gram to short ton (US)
• Convert gram to long ton (UK)