top 5 Largest deserts in the world

By Sushil Godara

March 01, 2024

Antarctic Desert

Size: Approximately 14 million square kilometers. Location: Antarctica.

Arctic Desert

Size: About 13.7 million square kilometers. Location: Arctic region.

Sahara Desert

Size: Around 9.2 million square kilometers.  Location: North Africa.

Arabian Desert

Size: Approximately 2.3 million square kilometers.  Location: Situated in Western Asia, covering parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq.

Gobi Desert

Size: About 1.3 million square kilometers. Location: Northern China and southern Mongolia.

Patagonian Desert 

Size: Approximately 673,000 square kilometers.  Location: Argentina and Chile, in South America.

Patagonian Desert 

Size: Approximately 673,000 square kilometers.  Location: Argentina and Chile, in South America.