| S.No. | Name of Desert | Type of Desert | Country(s)/Continent |
| 1. | Antarctic | Polar | Antarctica |
| 2. | Arabian | Subtropical | Arabian Peninsula |
| 3. | Arctic | Polar | Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia |
| 4. | Atacama | Cool Coastal | Chile |
| 5. | Chihuahuan | Subtropical | Mexico |
| 6. | Colorado Plateau | Cold Winter | United States |
| 7. | Gibson | Subtropical | Australia |
| 8. | Gobi | Cold Winter | China and Mongolia |
| 9. | Great Basin | Cold Winter | United States |
| 10. | Great Sandy | Subtropical | Australia |
| 11. | Great Victoria | Subtropical | Australia |
| 12. | Iranian | Cold Winter | Iran |
| 13. | Kalahari | Subtropical | South Africa, Botswana, Namibia |
| 14. | Kara-Kum | Cold Winter | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan |
| 15. | Kyzyl-Kum | Cold Winter | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan |
| 16. | Mojave | Subtropical | United States |
| 17. | Namib | Cool Coastal | Angola, Namibia, South Africa |
| 18. | Patagonian | Cold Winter | Argentina |
| 19. | Sahara | Subtropical | Northern Africa |
| 20. | Simpson | Subtropical | Australia |
| 21. | Sonoran | Subtropical | United States, Mexico |
| 22. | Syrian | Subtropical | Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia |
| 23. | Taklamakan | Cold Winter | China |
| 24. | Thar | Subtropical | India, Pakistan |