Largest lakes by area — the full ranked list
The complete ranking of largest lakes by area, in order, with what the ranking counts and how firm the figures behind it are. Free reference, no sign-up — and the guessing game that plays the same list.
Surface area. The Caspian tops it and is called a sea, which is a naming decision rather than a geographic one — it is enclosed, so it counts. Several here shrink and swell seasonally.
The figures behind this ranking move over time, so the order is right for now rather than fixed.
100 entries, in order.
- Caspian Sea
- Superior
- Victoria
- Huron
- Michigan
- Tanganyika
- Baikal
- Great Bear Lake
- Malawi
- Great Slave Lake
- Erie
- Winnipeg
- Ontario
- Ladoga
- Balkhash
- Bangweulu
- Vostok
- Onega
- Titicaca
- Nicaragua
- Athabasca
- Turkana
- Reindeer Lake
- Issyk-Kul
- Urmia
- Vanern
- Winnipegosis
- Albert
- Nettilling
- Nipigon
- Manitoba
- Taymyr
- Qinghai
- Saimaa
- Lake of the Woods
- Khanka
- Dubawnt
- Van
- Peipus
- Uvs
- Poyang
- Tana
- Kyoga
- Mweru
- Great Salt Lake
- Lake Chad
- Dongting
- Hongze
- Hulun
- Namtso
- Siling Co
- Bosten
- Sevan
- Alakol
- Zaysan
- Hovsgol
- Tengiz
- Aral Sea
- Sarygamysh
- Lake Kariba
- Lake Nasser
- Lake Volta
- Kainji
- Lake Rukwa
- Lake Edward
- Lake Kivu
- Lake Abaya
- Lake Chapala
- Lake Maracaibo
- Lake Managua
- Lake Argentino
- Lake Viedma
- Buenos Aires Lake
- Colhue Huapi
- Mar Chiquita
- Lagoa dos Patos
- Lagoa Mirim
- Lake Iliamna
- Becharof
- Teshekpuk
- Naknek
- Selawik
- Amadjuak
- Baker Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Lake Claire
- Cree Lake
- Wollaston Lake
- Southern Indian Lake
- Lac Seul
- Lac la Ronge
- Island Lake
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Okeechobee
- Lake Champlain
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Salton Sea
- Utah Lake
- Yellowstone Lake
- Lake Tahoe
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