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| Rank | Desert Name | Type | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Location | Country(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antarctic Desert | Polar ice and tundra | 14,200,000 | 5,482,651 | Antarctica | - |
| 2 | Arctic Desert | Polar ice and tundra | 13,900,000 | 5,366,820 | Eastern Europe, Northern America, Northern Asia, Northern Europe | United States, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Jan Mayen, Russia, Svalbard, and Sweden |
| 3 | Sahara Desert | Subtropical | 9,200,000 | 3,552,140 | Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Western Africa | Algeria, Western Sahara, Chad, Eritrea, Egypt, Mali, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia, and Sudan |
| 4 | Great Australian | Subtropical | 2,700,000 | 1,042,476 | Australia | Australia |
| 5 | Arabian Desert | Subtropical | 2,330,000 | 899,618 | Western Asia | Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia |
| 6 | Gobi Desert | Cold winter | 1,295,000 | 500,002 | Eastern Asia | China, and Mongolia |
| 7 | Kalahari Desert | Subtropical | 900,000 | 347,492 | Southern Africa | South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia |
| 8 | Patagonian Desert | Cold winter | 673,000 | 259,847 | South America | Argentina |
| 9 | Syrian Desert | Subtropical | 500,000 | 193,051 | Western Asia | Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia |
| 10 | Great Basin | Cold winter | 492,098 | 190,000 | Northern America | United States |
| 11 | Chihuahuan Desert | Subtropical | 453,248 | 175,000 | Northern America | United States, and Mexico |
| 12 | Karakum Desert | Cold winter | 350,000 | 135,136 | Central Asia | Turkmenistan |
| 13 | Great Victoria | Subtropical | 348,750 | 134,653 | Western Australia, South Australia | Australia |
| 14 | Colorado Plateau | Cold winter | 337,000 | 130,116 | Northern America | United States |
| 15 | Sonoran Desert | Subtropical | 310,000 | 119,692 | Central America, Northern America | United States and Mexico |
| 16 | Kyzylkum Desert | Cold winter | 300,000 | 115,831 | Central Asia | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan |
| 17 | Taklamakan Desert | Cold winter | 270,000 | 104,248 | Eastern Asia | China |
| 18 | Ogden Desert | Subtropical | 256,000 | 98,842 | Eastern Africa | Ethiopia, Somaliland, and Somalia |
| 19 | Thar Desert | Subtropical | 238,254 | 77,220 | Southern Asia | Pakistan and India |
| 20 | Puntland Desert | Subtropical | 200,000 | 77,220 | Eastern Africa | Somalia |
| 21 | Ustyurt Plateau | Temperate | 200,000 | 77,220 | Central Asia | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan |
| 22 | Guban Desert | Subtropical | 175,000 | 67,568 | Eastern Africa | Somalia / Somaliland |
| 23 | Namib Desert | Cool coastal | 160,000 | 61,776 | Middle Africa, Southern Africa | Angola, South Africa, and Namibia |
| 24 | Dasht-e Margo | Subtropical | 150,000 | 57,915 | Southern Asia | Afghanistan |
| 25 | Registan Desert | Subtropical | 146,000 | 56,371 | Southern Asia | Afghanistan |
| 26 | Atacama Desert | Mild coastal | 140,000 | 54,054 | South America | Peru and Chile |
| 27 | Danakil Desert | Subtropical | 137,000 | 52,896 | Eastern Africa | Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea |
| 28 | Mojave Desert | Subtropical | 124,000 | 47,877 | Northern America | United States |
| 29 | Chalbi Desert | Subtropical | 100,000 | 38,610 | Eastern Africa | Kenya |
| 30 | Columbia Basin | Cold winter | 83,139 | 32,100 | Northern America | United States and Canada |
| 31 | Dasht-e Kavir | Subtropical | 77,000 | 29,730 | Southern Asia | Iran |
| 32 | Ferlo Desert | Subtropical | 70,000 | 27,027 | Western Africa | Senegal |
| 33 | Ladakh Desert | Cold winter | 59,146 | 22,836 | Southern Asia | India |
| 34 | Dasht-e Lut | Subtropical | 52,000 | 20,077 | Southern Asia | Iran |
