This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km2 (19,300 sq mi).

Some of Earth's biggest non-polar deserts
RankNameTypeImageArea
(km2)		Area
(sq mi)		Location[note 1]Nation(s)
1Antarctic DesertPolar ice and tundra14,200,000[1]5,482,651AntarcticaN/A
2Arctic DesertPolar ice and tundra13,900,000[1]5,366,820Eastern Europe
Northern America
Northern Asia
Northern Europe		Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Norway, Russia, Svalbard, Sweden, and the United States
3Sahara DesertSubtropical9,200,000[1]3,552,140Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Western Africa		Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, the Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara
4Great AustralianSubtropical2,700,0001,042,476AustraliaAustralia
5Arabian DesertSubtropical2,330,000[2]899,618Western AsiaIraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
6Gobi DesertCold winter1,295,000[1]500,002Eastern AsiaChina and Mongolia
7Kalahari DesertSubtropical900,000[3]347,492Southern AfricaBotswana, Namibia, and South Africa
8Patagonian DesertCold winter673,000[1]259,847South AmericaArgentina
9Syrian DesertSubtropical500,000[4]193,051Western AsiaIraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria
10Great BasinCold winter492,098[4]190,000Northern AmericaUnited States
11Chihuahuan DesertSubtropical453,248[4]175,000Northern AmericaMexico and the United States
12Karakum DesertCold winter350,000[4]135,136Central AsiaTurkmenistan
–Great Victoria[note 2]Subtropical348,750[1]134,653Western Australia, South AustraliaAustralia
13Colorado PlateauCold winter337,000[4]130,116Northern AmericaUnited States
14Sonoran DesertSubtropical310,000[4]119,692Central America
Northern America		Mexico and the United States
15Kyzylkum DesertCold winter300,000[4]115,831Central AsiaKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
16Taklamakan DesertCold winter270,000104,248Eastern AsiaChina
17Ogaden DesertSubtropical256,00098,842Eastern AfricaEthiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland
18Thar DesertSubtropical238,254 [5]77,220Southern AsiaIndia and Pakistan
20 Puntland DesertSubtropical200,00077,220Eastern AfricaSomalia
20Ustyurt PlateauTemperate200,00077,220Central AsiaKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
21Guban DesertSubtropical175,00067,568Eastern AfricaSomalia/Somaliland
22Namib DesertCool coastal160,00061,776Middle Africa
Southern Africa		Angola, Namibia, and South Africa
23Dasht-e MargoSubtropical 150,00057,915Southern AsiaAfghanistan
24Registan DesertSubtropicalThe shifting dunes of the Northern Registan Desert 146,00056,371Southern AsiaAfghanistan
25Atacama DesertMild coastal140,000[4]54,054South AmericaChile and Peru
26Danakil DesertSubtropical137,00052,896Eastern AfricaDjibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
27Mojave DesertSubtropical124,000[6][7]47,877Northern AmericaUnited States
28Chalbi DesertSubtropical100,00038,610Eastern AfricaKenya
29Columbia BasinCold winter83,139[4]32,100Northern AmericaCanada and the United States
30Dasht-e KavirSubtropical77,000[8]29,730Southern AsiaIran
31Ferlo DesertSubtropical70,00027,027Western AfricaSenegal
32Ladakh Desert[9]Cold winter59,14622,836Southern AsiaIndia
33Dasht-e LutSubtropical52,000[8]20,077Southern AsiaIran

Notes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Top ten largest (non-polar) deserts". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Arabian Desert". Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  3. ↑ Bass, Karen (2009-02-01). "Nature's Great Events:The Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert" (PDF). press.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Largest Desert in the World". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Thar Desert | Map, Climate, Vegetation, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. 24 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mapping Perennial Vegetation Cover in the Mojave Desert" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. USGS Western Geographic Science Center. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  7. ↑ "Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems". mojave.usgs.gov. USGS. 2006-03-03. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  8. 1 2 Wright, John W., ed. (2006). The New York Times Almanac (2007 ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.
  9. ↑ The Cold Desert – Ladakh
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