least astonishment transgressed by `nl` on Darwin

Transgression of least astonishment :

bash-5.0$ (for i in {1..1000010}; do echo $i; done) | nl | tail -24
999987	999987
999988	999988
999989	999989
999990	999990
999991	999991
999992	999992
999993	999993
999994	999994
999995	999995
999996	999996
999997	999997
999998	999998
999999	999999
000000	1000000
000001	1000001
000002	1000002
000003	1000003
000004	1000004
000005	1000005
000006	1000006
000007	1000007
000008	1000008
000009	1000009
000010	1000010
bash-5.0$ uname -a
Darwin llc.local 19.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.4.0: Wed Mar  4 22:28:40 PST 20
20; root:xnu-6153.101.6~15/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64        
bash-5.0$ sw_vers 
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.15.4
[...]
bash-5.0$ _

Compare with expectation:

admin@ip-w-x-y-z:~$ (for i in {1..1000010}; do echo $i; done) | nl | tail -24
999987	999987
999988	999988
999989	999989
999990	999990
999991	999991
999992	999992
999993	999993
999994	999994
999995	999995
999996	999996
999997	999997
999998	999998
999999	999999
1000000	1000000
1000001	1000001
1000002	1000002
1000003	1000003
1000004	1000004
1000005	1000005
1000006	1000006
1000007	1000007
1000008	1000008
1000009	1000009
1000010	1000010
admin@ip-w-x-y-z:~$ uname -a
Linux ip-w-x-y-z 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u4 (2019-07-19)
 x86_64 GNU/Linux
admin@ip-w-x-y-z:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 9.9 (stretch)
Release:	9.9
Codename:	stretch
admin@ip-w-x-y-z:~$ _

I'm curious what are your thoughts about this and how to overcome. Thanks.