List of deserts by area

This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above.

Rank	Name	Type	Map	Area	Area	Location	Nation
1	Antarctic Desert	Polar ice and tundra		14200000		Antarctica	N/A
2	Arctic Desert	Polar ice and tundra		13900000		Eastern Europe Northern America Northern Asia Northern Europe	United States, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden
3	Sahara Desert	Subtropical		9200000		Eastern Africa Middle Africa Northern Africa Western Africa	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara
4	Arabian Desert	Subtropical		2330000		Middle East	Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Yemen
5	Great Australian Desert	Subtropical		1371000		Australasia	Australia
6	Gobi Desert	Cold winter		1295000		Eastern Asia	China and Mongolia
7	Kalahari Desert	Subtropical		900000		Southern Africa	Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
8	Patagonian Desert	Cold winter		673000		South America	Argentina and Chile
9	Syrian Desert	Subtropical		500000		Western Asia	Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria
10	Great Basin Desert	Cold winter		492000		Northern America	United States
11	Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical			175000	Central America Northern America	Mexico and the United States
12	Karakum Desert	Cold winter		350000		Central Asia	Turkmenistan
–	Great Victoria Desert	Subtropical		348750		Australasia	Australia
13	Colorado Plateau	Cold winter			130000	Northern America	United States
14	Sonoran Desert	Subtropical			120000	Central America Northern America	Mexico and the United States
15	Kyzylkum Desert	Cold winter			115000	Central Asia	Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
16	Taklamakan Desert	Cold winter			105000	Eastern Asia	China
–	Great Sandy Desert	Subtropical		267250		Australasia	Australia
17	Thar Desert	Subtropical		264091		Southern Asia	India and Pakistan
18	Ogaden Desert	Tropical		200000		Eastern Africa	Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland
19	Ustyurt Plateau	Cold winter		200000		Central Asia	Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
–	Tanami Desert	Subtropical		184500		Australasia	Australia
–	Simpson Desert	Subtropical		176500		Australasia	Australia
–	Gibson Desert	Subtropical		156000		Australasia	Australia
20	Margo Desert	Subtropical		150000		Southern Asia	Afghanistan
21	Registan Desert	Subtropical		146000		Southern Asia	Afghanistan
22	Atacama Desert	Mild coastal			54000	South America	Chile and Peru
23	Danakil Desert	Tropical		136956		Eastern Africa	Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
24	Mojave Desert	Subtropical		124000		Northern America	United States
–	Little Sandy Desert	Subtropical		115000		Australasia	Australia
25	Chalbi Desert	Tropical		98000		Eastern Africa	Kenya
26	Columbia Basin	Cold winter		83100		Northern America	Canada and the United States
27	Namib Desert	Cool coastal		81000		Middle Africa Southern Africa	Angola, Namibia, and South Africa
–	Strzelecki Desert	Subtropical		80250		Australasia	Australia
28	Dasht-e Kavir	Subtropical		77000		Western Asia	Iran
29	Ferlo Desert	Tropical/Subtropical		70000		Western Africa	Senegal
30	Ladakh	Cold winter		59146		Southern Asia	India
31	Dasht-e Lut	Subtropical		52000		Western Asia	Iran