1 #Antarctica Polar ice and tundra 14,000,000 #Antarctica
2 #Arctic #Polar #ice and #tundra 13,985,000 Northern America (#Alaska, #Canada and #Greenland)
Northern Europe (#Finland, #Iceland, #Norway and #Sweden)
Eastern Europe (#European #Russia)
North Asia (#Siberia)
3 #Sahara Subtropical 9,000,000+ North Africa (#Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia)
West Africa (Mali, Mauritania and Niger)
Middle Africa (#Chad)
East Africa (#Eritrea)
4 #Australian Desert Subtropical 2,700,000 #Australia
5 #Arabian Desert Subtropical 2,330,000 Western Asia (#Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Oman, #Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab #Emirates and #Yemen)
6 #Gobi Desert Cold Winter 1,295,000 East #Asia (#China and #Mongolia)
7 #Kalahari Desert Subtropical 900,000 Southern #Africa (#Botswana, #Namibia and South Africa), Middle Africa (#Angola)
8 #Patagonian Desert Cold Winter 620,000 South #America (#Argentina and #Chile)
9 #Syrian Desert Subtropical 520,000 #Western #Asia (#Iraq, #Jordan, and #Syria)
10 #Great Basin Cold Winter 492,000 #United States
