Sahara Desert size comparison
9,400,000 km2 / 3,628,400 mile2
The Sahara is a desert on the African continent. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic.
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Sahara Desert compared to Saved places
Sahara Desert compared to European countries
Nordic countries is
0.14 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Russia is
1.82 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Soviet Union is
2.38 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert compared to Asian countries
Arabian peninsula is
0.34 times
as big as Sahara Desert
China is
1.02 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Indonesia is
0.20 times
as big as Sahara Desert
India is
0.35 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Iran is
0.17 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Kazakhstan is
0.29 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Middle East is
0.77 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Mongolia is
0.17 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Saudi Arabia is
0.23 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert compared to African countries
Angola is
0.13 times
as big as Sahara Desert
DR Congo is
0.25 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Algeria is
0.25 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Egypt is
0.11 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Ethiopia is
0.12 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Horn of Africa is
0.20 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Libya is
0.19 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Maghreb is
0.64 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Mali is
0.13 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Mauritania is
0.11 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Niger is
0.13 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Nile Basin is
0.36 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sahel is
0.32 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sudan is
0.20 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Chad is
0.14 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Tanzania is
0.10 times
as big as Sahara Desert
South Africa is
0.13 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert compared to countries in the Americas
Argentina is
0.30 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Bolivia is
0.12 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Brazil is
0.91 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Canada is
1.06 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Colombia is
0.12 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Corn Belt (US) is
0.27 times
as big as Sahara Desert
The Midwest (US) is
0.23 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Mississippi river basin is
0.32 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Mexico is
0.21 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Peru is
0.14 times
as big as Sahara Desert
United States is
1.05 times
as big as Sahara Desert
United States (Contiguous) is
0.86 times
as big as Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert compared to US States
Alaska (US) is
0.18 times
as big as Sahara Desert