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

List of deserts by area

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Table Section Text: This is the list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 square kilometres (19,300 sq mi).

Rank	Name	Type	Image	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	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	Arctic (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden)

3	Sahara	Subtropical	-	9,000,000+	3,300,000+	North Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia)

4	Australian Desert	Subtropical	-	2,700,000	1,000,000	Australia

5	Arabian Desert	Subtropical	-	2,330,000	900,000	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen)

6	Gobi Desert	Cold Winter	-	1,295,000	500,000	Central Asia (China and Mongolia)

7	Kalahari Desert	Subtropical	-	900,000	360,000	Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa)

8	Patagonian Desert	Cold Winter	-	620,000	200,000	South America (Argentina and Chile)

9	Syrian Desert	Subtropical	-	520,000	200,000	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria)

10	Great Basin	Cold Winter	-	492,000	190,000	United States

11	Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical	-	450,000	175,000	North America (Mexico and the United States)

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	North America (Mexico and the United States)

15	Kyzylkum Desert	Cold Winter	-	300,000	115,000	Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)

16	Taklamakan Desert	Cold Winter	-	270,000	105,000	China

17	Thar Desert	Subtropical	-	200,000	77,000	South Asia (India and Pakistan)

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 (Chile and Peru)

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 (Angola and Namibia)

24	Dasht-e Kavir	Subtropical	-	77,000	30,000	Iran

25	Dasht-e Loot	Subtropical	-	52,000	20,100	Iran

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Arabian Desert is the fifth largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia.

final_sentence: Arabian Desert is the fifth largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia.