Dots and Commas in Everyday Life

In the US, they would say $1,000.00

But in some European countries (specifically Germany), the comma is used as a decimal point, whereas the dot is used to show thousands. 

So in Germany and some other European countries: €1.000,00 

There are in fact many countries that choose to use a dot as a decimal, and a comma as a decimal. Here are some of them:

Countries which use a dot as a decimal (i.e.: one hundred is written as 100.00)

• Australia
• Bangladesh
• Botswana
• British West Indies
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Canada (when using English)
• China, People's Republic of Hong Kong
• Macau (in Chinese and English text)
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• India
• Ireland
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Korea, North
• Korea, South
• Lebanon
• Luxembourg (uses both marks officially)
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mexico
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Panama
• Philippines
• Puerto Rico
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Switzerland (for Swiss currency)
• Taiwan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• United States (including insular areas)
• Zimbabwe

Countries which use a comma as a decimal (i.e.: one hundred is written as 100,00)

• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Canada (when using French)
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Croatia (comma used officially, but both forms are in use)[citation needed]
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Estonia
• Faroes
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Georgia
• Greece
• Greenland
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg (uses both marks officially)
• Macau (in Portuguese text)
• Macedonia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Switzerland (other than Swiss currency)
• Sweden
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Vietnam