| Rank | Name | Type, Area (km²), Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antarctic Desert | Type: Polar Area: 13,829,430 Location : Antarctica |
| 2 | Sahara | Type: Subtropical Area: 9,100,000+ Location : Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara |
| 3 | Arctic | Type: Polar Area: 2,600,000+ Location : Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland and Russia |
| 4 | Arabian Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 2,330,000 Location : Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen |
| 5 | Gobi Desert | Type: Cold Winter Area: 1,300,000 Location : Mongolia and China |
| 6 | Kalahari Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 900,000 Location : Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa |
| 7 | Patagonian Desert | Type: Cold Winter Area: 670,000 Location : Argentina and Chile |
| 8 | Great Victoria Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 647,000 Location : Australia |
| 9 | Syrian Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 520,000 Location : Syria, Jordan and Iraq |
| 10 | Great Basin Desert | Type: Cold Winter Area: 492,000 Location : United States |
| 11 | Chihuahuan Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 450,000 Location : Mexico and United States |
| 12 | Great Sandy Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 400,000 Location : Australia |
| 13 | Karakum Desert | Type: Cold Winter Area: 350,000 Location : Turkmenistan |
| 14 | Colorado Plateau | Type: Cold Winter Area: 337,000 Location : United States |
| 15 | Sonoran Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 310,000 Location : Mexico and United States |
| 16 | Kyzyl Kum | Type: Cold Winter Area: 300,000 Location : Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
| 17 | Taklamakan Desert | Type: Cold Winter Area: 270,000 Location : China |
| 18 | Thar Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 200,000 Location : India and Pakistan |
| 19 | Gibson Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 155,000 Location : Australia |
| 20 | Simpson Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 145,000 Location : Australia |
| 21 | Atacama Desert | Type: Cool Coastal Area: 140,000 Location : Chile and Peru |
| 22 | Namib Desert | Type: Cool Coastal Area: 81,000 Angola and Namibia |
| 23 | Dasht-e Kavir | Type: Cold Winter Area: 77,000 Location : Iran |
| 24 | Mojave Desert | Type: Subtropical Area: 65,000 Location : United States |
| 25 | Dasht-e Lut | Type: Cold Winter Area: 52,000 Location : Iran |
Last Updated on: 17/09/2019
