Largest Deserts
| Rank | Name | Type | Area (km²) | Area (Sq mi) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antarctica | Polar ice and tundra | 14,000,000 | 5,400,000 | Antarctica |
| 2 | Arctic | Polar ice and tundra | 13985000 | 5400000 | Arctic (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden) |
| 3 | Sahara | Subtropical | 12,000,000 | 3,300,000 | North Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia) |
| 4 | Australian Desert | Subtropical | 2,700,000 | 1,000,000 | Australia |
| 5 | Arabian Desert | Subtropical | 2,330,000 | 900,000 | Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) |
| 6 | Gobi Desert | Cold Winter | 1,300,000 | 500,000 | East Asia (China and Mongolia) |
| 7 | Kalahari Desert | Subtropical | 900,000 | 360,000 | Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) |
| 8 | Patagonian Desert | Cold Winter | 673,000 | 260,000 | South America (Argentina and Chile) |
| 9 | Syrian Desert | Subtropical | 520,000 | 200,000 | Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria) |
| 10 | Great Basin | Cold Winter | 492,000 | 190,000 | United States |
| 11 | Chihuahuan Desert | Subtropical | 450,000 | 175,000 | North America (Mexico and the United States) |
| 12 | Karakum Desert | Cold Winter | 350,000 | 135,000 | Turkmenistan |
| 13 | Colorado Plateau | Cold Winter | 337,000 | 130,000 | United States |
| 14 | Sonoran Desert | Subtropical | 310,000 | 120,000 | North America (Mexico and the United States) |
| 15 | Kyzylkum Desert | Cold Winter | 300,000 | 115,000 | Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) |
| 16 | Taklamakan Desert | Cold Winter | 270,000 | 105,000 | China |
| 17 | Thar Desert | Subtropical | 200,000 | 77,000 | South Asia (India and Pakistan) |
| 18 | Dasht-e Margo | Subtropical | 150,000 | 58,000 | Afghanistan |
| 19 | Registan Desert | Subtropical | 146,000 | 56,400 | Afghanistan |
| 20 | Atacama Desert | Mild Coastal | 140,000 | 54,000 | South America (Chile and Peru) |
| 21 | Mojave Desert | Subtropical | 124,000 | 48,000 | United States |
| 22 | Columbia Basin | Cold Winter | 81,000 | 31,000 | United States |
| 23 | Namib Desert | Cool Coastal | 81,000 | 31,000 | Southern Africa (Angola and Namibia) |
| 24 | Dasht-e Kavir | Subtropical | 77,000 | 30,000 | Iran |
| 25 | Dasht-e Loot | Subtropical | 52,000 | 20,000 | Iran |
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