Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER

Try it

const x = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1;
const y = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 2;

console.log(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
// Expected output: 9007199254740991

console.log(x);
// Expected output: 9007199254740992

console.log(x === y);
// Expected output: true

Value

9007199254740991 (9,007,199,254,740,991, or ~9 quadrillion).

Description

Double precision floating point format only has 52 bits to represent the mantissa, so it can only safely represent integers between -(2⁵³ – 1) and 2⁵³ – 1. "Safe" in this context refers to the ability to represent integers exactly and to compare them correctly. For example, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1 === Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 2 will evaluate to true, which is mathematically incorrect. See Number.isSafeInteger() for more information.

As mentioned in Number.EPSILON, the precision of numbers depends on their magnitude. Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER represents the largest value at which integer-level operations can be performed precisely, but you can still perform meaningful arithmetic on numbers larger than that, just without integer-level precision. The largest representable number in JavaScript is actually Number.MAX_VALUE, which is approximately 1.7976931348623157 × 10³⁰⁸.

Because MAX_SAFE_INTEGER is a static property of Number, you always use it as Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, rather than as a property of a number value.

Examples

Return value of MAX_SAFE_INTEGER

Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER; // 9007199254740991

Relationship between MAX_SAFE_INTEGER and EPSILON

Number.EPSILON is 2^-52, while MAX_SAFE_INTEGER is 2⁵³ – 1 — both of them are derived from the width of the mantissa, which is 53 bits (with the highest bit always being 1). Multiplying them will give a value very close — but not equal — to 2.

Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER * Number.EPSILON; // 1.9999999999999998

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Polyfill of Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER in core-js
• es-shims polyfill of Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
• Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER
• Number.MAX_VALUE
• Number.isSafeInteger()
• BigInt