| Lake Superior- | USA/Canada, 82,100 km² |
| Lake Victoria- | Tanzania/Uganda/Kenya, 68,800 km² |
| Lake Baikal- | Russia, 31,500 km² |
| Lake Tanganyika- | Tanzania/DR Congo/Burundi/Zambia, 32,900 km² |
| Caspian Sea- | Kazakhstan/Russia/Turkmenistan/Iran/Azerbaijan, 371,000 km² |
| Lake Michigan- | USA, 58,000 km² |
| Lake Huron- | USA/Canada, 59,600 km² |
| Lake Malawi- | Malawi/Tanzania/Mozambique, 29,600 km² |
| Lake Erie- | USA/Canada, 25,700 km² |
| Lake Ontario- | USA/Canada, 18,960 km² |
| Great Bear Lake- | Canada, 31,153 km² |
| Lake Chad- | Chad/Cameroon/Niger/Nigeria, 1,350 km² (varies) |
| Great Slave Lake- | Canada, 28,568 km² |
| Lake Balkhash- | Kazakhstan, 16,400 km² |
| Issyk-Kul- | Kyrgyzstan, 6,236 km² |
| Lake Turkana- | Kenya, 6,405 km² |
| Lake Winnipeg- | Canada, 24,514 km² |
| Lake Eyre- | Australia, 9,500 km² (varies) |
| Lake Titicaca- | Peru/Bolivia, 8,372 km² |
| Lake Ladoga- | Russia, 17,700 km² |
| Lake Maracaibo- | Venezuela, 13,210 km² |
| Lake Onega- | Russia, 9,700 km² |
| Lake Vänern- | Sweden, 5,655 km² |
| Lake Tana- | Ethiopia, 3,673 km² |
| Lake Albert- | Uganda/DR Congo, 5,300 km² |
| Lake Mweru- | Zambia/DR Congo, 4,920 km² |
| Lake Geneva- | Switzerland/France, 580 km² |
| Lake Kivu- | Rwanda/DR Congo, 2,700 km² |
| Lake Prespa- | North Macedonia/Greece/Albania, 273 km² |
| Lake Balaton- | Hungary, 592 km² |
| Lake Sevan- | Armenia, 1,242 km² |
| Lake Issyk- | Kazakhstan, 1,160 km² |
| Lake Vättern- | Sweden, 1,893 km² |
| Lake Volta- | Ghana, 8,502 km² |
| Lake Tangra Yumco- | China (Tibet), 834 km² |
| Lake Van- | Turkey, 3,755 km² |
| Lake Urmia- | Iran, 5,200 km² |
| Lake Khanka- | Russia/China, 4,190 km² |
| Lake Manicouagan- | Canada, 1,942 km² |
| Lake Peipus- | Estonia/Russia, 3,555 km² |
| Lake Okeechobee- | USA, 1,900 km² |
| Lake Poopó- | Bolivia, 1,340 km² (varies) |
| Lake Winnipegosis- | Canada, 5,370 km² |
| Lake Taimyr- | Russia, 4,560 km² |
| Lake Edward- | Uganda/DR Congo, 2,325 km² |
| Lake Poyang- | China, 3,500 km² (varies) |
| Lake Balqash- | Kazakhstan, 16,400 km² |
| Lake Biwa- | Japan, 670 km² |
| Lake Rukwa- | Tanzania, 2,760 km² |
| Lake Vostok- | Antarctica, 15,690 km² |
| Lake Tai- | China, 2,250 km² |
| Lake Chiemsee- | Germany, 80 km² |
| Lake Neusiedl- | Austria/Hungary, 315 km² |
| Lake Baringo- | Kenya, 130 km² |
| Lake Toba- | Indonesia, 1,130 km² |
| Lake Inle- | Myanmar, 116 km² |
| Lake Victoria- | Malawi, 22,000 km² |
| Lake Volta- | Ghana, 8,502 km² |