List of deserts by area
The largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above
| Rank | Name | Type | Image | Area | Area | Location |
| 1 | Antarctica | Polar ice and tundra | 14,000,000 | 5,500,000 | Antarctica | |
| 2 | Arctic | Polar ice and tundra | 13,985,000 | 5,400,000 | Northern America Northern Europe Eastern Europe North Asia | |
| 3 | Sahara | Subtropical | 9,000,000+ | 3,300,000+ | North Africa West Africa Middle Africa East Africa | |
| 4 | Australian Desert | Subtropical | 2,700,000 | 1,000,000 | Australia | |
| 5 | Arabian Desert | Subtropical | 2,330,000 | 900,000 | Western Asia | |
| 6 | Gobi Desert | Cold Winter | 1,295,000 | 500,000 | East Asia | |
| 7 | Kalahari Desert | Subtropical | 900,000 | 360,000 | Southern Africa Middle Africa | |
| 8 | Patagonian Desert | Cold Winter | 620,000 | 200,000 | South America | |
| 9 | Syrian Desert | Subtropical | 520,000 | 200,000 | Western Asia | |
| 10 | Great Basin | Cold Winter | 492,000 | 190,000 | United States | |
| 11 | Chihuahuan Desert | Subtropical | 450,000 | 175,000 | Central America Northern America | |
| 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 | Central America Northern America | |
| 15 | Kyzylkum Desert | Cold Winter | 300,000 | 115,000 | Central Asia | |
| 16 | Taklamakan Desert | Cold Winter | 270,000 | 105,000 | China | |
| 17 | Thar Desert | Subtropical | 200,000 | 77,000 | Indian Subcontinent | |
| 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 | |
| 21 | Mojave Desert | Subtropical | 124,000 | 48,000 | United States | |
| 22 | Columbia Basin | Cold Winter | 83,100 | 32,100 | United States | |
| 23 | Namib Desert | Cool Coastal | 81,000 | 31,000 | Southern Africa Middle Africa | |
| 24 | Dasht-e Kavir | Subtropical | 77,000 | 30,000 | Iran | |
| 25 | Dasht-e Loot | Subtropical | 52,000 | 20,100 | Iran |