- An Nafud Desert (Saudi Arabia) – Approximately 65,000 square kilometers
- Arabian Desert (Middle East) – Approximately 2.3 million square kilometers
- Arabian Desert (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE) – Approximately 2.3 million square kilometers
- Aralkum Desert (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) – Approximately 15,440 square kilometers
- Atacama Desert (Chile, Peru) – Approximately 105,000 square kilometers
- Bardenas Reales (Spain) – Approximately 42,000 square kilometers
- Chalbi Desert (Kenya) – Approximately 100,000 square kilometers
- Chihuahuan Desert (Mexico, USA) – Approximately 362,000 square kilometers
- Colorado Plateau Desert (USA) – Approximately 337,000 square kilometers
- Danakil Desert (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti) – Approximately 136,956 square kilometers
- Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) (Iran) – Approximately 77,600 square kilometers
- Dasht-e Lut (Lut Desert) (Iran) – Approximately 51,800 square kilometers
- Dasht-e Margo (Afghanistan) – Approximately 400,000 square kilometers
- Dasht-e Margo (Desert of Death) (Afghanistan) – Approximately 400,000 square kilometers
- Gobi Desert (Asia) – Approximately 1.3 million square kilometers
- Great Basin Desert (USA) – Approximately 492,000 square kilometers
- Great Victoria Desert (Australia) – Approximately 348,750 square kilometers
- Hamada Desert (Algeria) – Approximately 460,000 square kilometers
- Kalahari Desert (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa) – Approximately 900,000 square kilometers
- Kalut Desert (Iran) – Approximately 3,000 square kilometers
- Karakorum Desert (Pakistan) – Approximately 190,000 square kilometers
- Karakum Desert (Turkmenistan) – Approximately 350,000 square kilometers
- Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) – Approximately 298,000 square kilometers
- Libyan Desert (Egypt, Libya) – Approximately 1,100,000 square kilometers
- Lompoul Desert (Senegal) – Approximately 18 square kilometers
- Lut Desert (Iran) – Approximately 51,800 square kilometers
- Mediterranean Desert (Spain, France, Italy) – Approximately 10,000 square kilometers
- Mojave Desert (USA) – Approximately 57,000 square kilometers
- Namib Desert (Namibia, Angola) – Approximately 81,000 square kilometers
- Patagonian Desert (Argentina, Chile) – Approximately 673,000 square kilometers
- Qaidam Basin (China) – Approximately 120,000 square kilometers
- Registan Desert (Afghanistan) – Approximately 1,000 square kilometers
- Richtersveld Desert (South Africa, Namibia) – Approximately 160,000 square kilometers
- Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter) (Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen) – Approximately 650,000 square kilometers
- Sahara Desert (North Africa) – Approximately 9.2 million square kilometers
- Salar de Atacama (Chile) – Approximately 3,000 square kilometers
- Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) – Approximately 10,582 square kilometers
- Simpson Desert (Australia) – Approximately 176,500 square kilometers
- Sonoran Desert (USA, Mexico) – Approximately 260,000 square kilometers
- Stony Desert (Saudi Arabia) – Approximately 65,000 square kilometers
- Strzelecki Desert (Australia) – Approximately 80,250 square kilometers
- Sturt Stony Desert (Australia) – Approximately 29,750 square kilometers
- Syrian Desert (Jordan, Syria, Iraq) – Approximately 520,000 square kilometers
- Syrian Desert (Middle East) – Approximately 350,000 square kilometers
- Tabernas Desert (Spain) – Approximately 280 square kilometers
- Taklamakan Desert (China) – Approximately 337,000 square kilometers
- Tanezrouft Basin (Algeria) – Approximately 120,000 square kilometers
- Ténéré Desert (Niger) – Approximately 400,000 square kilometers
- Thar Desert (India, Pakistan) – Approximately 200,000 square kilometers
- Tibesti Mountains (Chad, Libya) – Approximately 100,000 square kilometers
- White Desert (Egypt) – Approximately 3,000 square kilometers