Rank |
Name |
Type |
Area(km²) |
Location |
1 |
Sahara |
Subtropical |
9,000,000 |
North Africa(Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan,Tunisia and Western Sahara). |
2 |
Arabian Desert |
Subtropical |
2,330,000 |
Western Asia(Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates andYemen) |
3 |
Kalahari Desert |
Subtropical |
900,000 |
Southern Africa(Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) |
4 |
Great Victoria Desert |
Subtropical |
647,000 |
Australia |
5 |
Syrian Desert |
Subtropical |
520,000 |
Western Asia(Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey) |
6 |
Chihuahua Desert |
Subtropical |
450,000 |
North America(Mexico and United States) |