Desert Sizes — every value, largest first
Every entry in the desert sizes dataset with its measured value, ordered largest first, and a note saying exactly what is being counted. Free reference, no sign-up — and the two games that play it.
A desert is defined by how little falls on it, not by sand — which is why the two largest are polar.
27 entries, largest first, measured in square kilometres.
| # | Entry | square kilometres |
|---|
| 1 | Antarctic Desert | 14,000,000 km² |
| 2 | Arctic Desert | 13,900,000 km² |
| 3 | Sahara | 9,200,000 km² |
| 4 | Arabian Desert | 2,330,000 km² |
| 5 | Gobi Desert | 1,295,000 km² |
| 6 | Kalahari Desert | 900,000 km² |
| 7 | Patagonian Desert | 673,000 km² |
| 8 | Syrian Desert | 500,000 km² |
| 9 | Great Basin Desert | 492,000 km² |
| 10 | Chihuahuan Desert | 362,000 km² |
| 11 | Karakum Desert | 350,000 km² |
| 12 | Great Victoria Desert | 348,750 km² |
| 13 | Taklamakan Desert | 337,000 km² |
| 14 | Kyzylkum Desert | 298,000 km² |
| 15 | Great Sandy Desert | 284,993 km² |
| 16 | Sonoran Desert | 260,000 km² |
| 17 | Thar Desert | 200,000 km² |
| 18 | Simpson Desert | 176,500 km² |
| 19 | Gibson Desert | 156,000 km² |
| 20 | Mojave Desert | 124,000 km² |
| 21 | Atacama Desert | 105,000 km² |
| 22 | Namib Desert | 81,000 km² |
| 23 | Dasht-e Kavir | 77,600 km² |
| 24 | Dasht-e Lut | 51,800 km² |
| 25 | Registan Desert | 40,000 km² |
| 26 | Negev Desert | 13,000 km² |
| 27 | Tabernas Desert | 280 km² |
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