Thar desert size comparison
200,000 km2 / 77,200 mile2
The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. It is the world's 17th largest desert, and the world's 9th largest hot subtropical desert.
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Thar desert compared to European countries
Albania is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Austria is
0.42 times
as big as Thar desert
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
0.26 times
as big as Thar desert
The Balkans is
2.33 times
as big as Thar desert
Baltic States is
0.88 times
as big as Thar desert
Belgium is
0.15 times
as big as Thar desert
Benelux Union is
0.38 times
as big as Thar desert
Bulgaria is
0.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Belarus is
1.04 times
as big as Thar desert
Switzerland is
0.21 times
as big as Thar desert
Crimea is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Czech Republic is
0.39 times
as big as Thar desert
Czechoslovakia is
0.64 times
as big as Thar desert
Germany is
1.79 times
as big as Thar desert
Denmark is
0.22 times
as big as Thar desert
Estonia is
0.23 times
as big as Thar desert
England is
0.65 times
as big as Thar desert
Spain is
2.53 times
as big as Thar desert
Finland is
1.69 times
as big as Thar desert
France is
2.76 times
as big as Thar desert
United Kingdom is
1.21 times
as big as Thar desert
Greece (mainland) is
0.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Croatia is
0.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Hungary is
0.47 times
as big as Thar desert
Iberian Peninsula is
2.91 times
as big as Thar desert
Republic of Ireland is
0.35 times
as big as Thar desert
Iceland is
0.52 times
as big as Thar desert
Italy is
1.51 times
as big as Thar desert
Lithuania is
0.33 times
as big as Thar desert
Latvia is
0.32 times
as big as Thar desert
Moldova is
0.17 times
as big as Thar desert
North Macedonia is
0.13 times
as big as Thar desert
Netherlands is
0.21 times
as big as Thar desert
Norway is
1.62 times
as big as Thar desert
Nordic countries is
6.50 times
as big as Thar desert
Poland is
1.56 times
as big as Thar desert
Portugal is
0.46 times
as big as Thar desert
Romania is
1.19 times
as big as Thar desert
Serbia is
0.44 times
as big as Thar desert
Scandinavian Peninsula is
3.75 times
as big as Thar desert
Scotland is
0.39 times
as big as Thar desert
Sweden is
2.25 times
as big as Thar desert
Slovenia is
0.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Slovakia is
0.25 times
as big as Thar desert
Ukraine is
3.02 times
as big as Thar desert
Ural Mountains is
2.50 times
as big as Thar desert
Wales is
0.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Yugoslavia is
1.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Thar desert compared to Asian countries
UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
0.42 times
as big as Thar desert
Afghanistan is
3.26 times
as big as Thar desert
Armenia is
0.15 times
as big as Thar desert
Azerbaijan is
0.43 times
as big as Thar desert
Bangladesh is
0.72 times
as big as Thar desert
Bhutan is
0.19 times
as big as Thar desert
Chukchi Peninsula is
0.25 times
as big as Thar desert
Georgia is
0.35 times
as big as Thar desert
Indonesia is
9.30 times
as big as Thar desert
Israel is
0.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Iraq is
2.19 times
as big as Thar desert
Iran is
8.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Jordan is
0.45 times
as big as Thar desert
Japan is
1.89 times
as big as Thar desert
Kamchatka Peninsula is
1.35 times
as big as Thar desert
Kenya is
2.90 times
as big as Thar desert
Kyrgyzstan is
1.00 times
as big as Thar desert
Cambodia is
0.91 times
as big as Thar desert
Korean peninsula is
1.10 times
as big as Thar desert
North Korea is
0.60 times
as big as Thar desert
South Korea is
0.50 times
as big as Thar desert
Kurdistan is
1.96 times
as big as Thar desert
Laos is
1.18 times
as big as Thar desert
Levant is
1.63 times
as big as Thar desert
Sri Lanka is
0.33 times
as big as Thar desert
Malay peninsula is
1.21 times
as big as Thar desert
Manchuria is
3.94 times
as big as Thar desert
Myanmar is
3.38 times
as big as Thar desert
Mongolia is
7.82 times
as big as Thar desert
Malaysia is
1.65 times
as big as Thar desert
Nepal is
0.74 times
as big as Thar desert
Oman is
1.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Papua New Guinea is
2.31 times
as big as Thar desert
Philippines is
1.50 times
as big as Thar desert
Pakistan is
3.98 times
as big as Thar desert
Syria is
0.93 times
as big as Thar desert
Thailand is
2.57 times
as big as Thar desert
Tajikistan is
0.72 times
as big as Thar desert
Turkmenistan is
2.44 times
as big as Thar desert
Turkey is
3.92 times
as big as Thar desert
Taiwan is
0.18 times
as big as Thar desert
Uzbekistan is
2.24 times
as big as Thar desert
Vietnam is
1.66 times
as big as Thar desert
Yemen is
2.64 times
as big as Thar desert
Thar desert compared to African countries
Angola is
6.23 times
as big as Thar desert
Burkina Faso is
1.37 times
as big as Thar desert
Burundi is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Benin is
0.56 times
as big as Thar desert
Botswana is
2.91 times
as big as Thar desert
Central African Republic is
3.11 times
as big as Thar desert
Congo is
1.71 times
as big as Thar desert
Ivory Coast is
1.61 times
as big as Thar desert
Cameroon is
2.38 times
as big as Thar desert
Darfur (Sudan) is
2.47 times
as big as Thar desert
Djibouti is
0.12 times
as big as Thar desert
Egypt is
5.01 times
as big as Thar desert
Western Sahara is
1.33 times
as big as Thar desert
Eritrea is
0.59 times
as big as Thar desert
Ethiopia is
5.52 times
as big as Thar desert
Gabon is
1.34 times
as big as Thar desert
Ghana is
1.19 times
as big as Thar desert
Guinea is
1.23 times
as big as Thar desert
Equatorial Guinea is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Guinea-Bissau is
0.18 times
as big as Thar desert
Halaib Triangle is
0.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Horn of Africa is
9.41 times
as big as Thar desert
Kalahari Desert is
4.50 times
as big as Thar desert
Liberia is
0.56 times
as big as Thar desert
Lesotho is
0.15 times
as big as Thar desert
Libya is
8.80 times
as big as Thar desert
Morocco is
2.23 times
as big as Thar desert
Madagascar is
2.94 times
as big as Thar desert
Mali is
6.20 times
as big as Thar desert
Mauritania is
5.13 times
as big as Thar desert
Malawi is
0.59 times
as big as Thar desert
Mozambique is
4.01 times
as big as Thar desert
Namibia is
4.12 times
as big as Thar desert
Niger is
6.34 times
as big as Thar desert
Nigeria is
4.62 times
as big as Thar desert
Rwanda is
0.13 times
as big as Thar desert
Sudan is
9.43 times
as big as Thar desert
Sierra Leone is
0.36 times
as big as Thar desert
Senegal is
0.98 times
as big as Thar desert
Somalia is
3.19 times
as big as Thar desert
Somaliland is
0.88 times
as big as Thar desert
South Sudan is
3.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Chad is
6.42 times
as big as Thar desert
Togo is
0.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Tunisia is
0.82 times
as big as Thar desert
Tanzania is
4.73 times
as big as Thar desert
Uganda is
1.21 times
as big as Thar desert
South Africa is
6.11 times
as big as Thar desert
Zambia is
3.76 times
as big as Thar desert
Zimbabwe is
1.95 times
as big as Thar desert
Thar desert compared to US States
California (US) is
2.12 times
as big as Thar desert
Texas (US) is
3.48 times
as big as Thar desert
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is
0.21 times
as big as Thar desert
Alaska (US) is
8.59 times
as big as Thar desert
Alabama (US) is
0.68 times
as big as Thar desert
Arkansas (US) is
0.69 times
as big as Thar desert
Arizona (US) is
1.47 times
as big as Thar desert
Colorado (US) is
1.35 times
as big as Thar desert
Florida (US) is
0.85 times
as big as Thar desert
Georgia (US) is
0.77 times
as big as Thar desert
Hawaii (US) is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Iowa (US) is
0.73 times
as big as Thar desert
Idaho (US) is
1.08 times
as big as Thar desert
Illinois (US) is
0.75 times
as big as Thar desert
Indiana (US) is
0.47 times
as big as Thar desert
Kansas (US) is
1.07 times
as big as Thar desert
Kentucky (US) is
0.52 times
as big as Thar desert
Louisiana (US) is
0.68 times
as big as Thar desert
Massachusetts (US) is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Maryland (US) is
0.16 times
as big as Thar desert
Maine (US) is
0.46 times
as big as Thar desert
Michigan (US) is
0.75 times
as big as Thar desert
Minnesota (US) is
1.13 times
as big as Thar desert
Missouri (US) is
0.90 times
as big as Thar desert
Mississippi (US) is
0.63 times
as big as Thar desert
Montana (US) is
1.91 times
as big as Thar desert
North Carolina (US) is
0.70 times
as big as Thar desert
North Dakota (US) is
0.92 times
as big as Thar desert
Nebraska (US) is
1.00 times
as big as Thar desert
New Hampshire (US) is
0.12 times
as big as Thar desert
New Jersey (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Thar desert
New Mexico (US) is
1.58 times
as big as Thar desert
Nevada (US) is
1.43 times
as big as Thar desert
New York State (US) is
0.71 times
as big as Thar desert
Ohio (US) is
0.58 times
as big as Thar desert
Oklahoma (US) is
0.91 times
as big as Thar desert
Oregon (US) is
1.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Pennsylvania (US) is
0.60 times
as big as Thar desert
South Carolina (US) is
0.41 times
as big as Thar desert
South Dakota (US) is
1.00 times
as big as Thar desert
Tennessee (US) is
0.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Utah (US) is
1.10 times
as big as Thar desert
Virginia (US) is
0.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Vermont (US) is
0.12 times
as big as Thar desert
Washington (US) is
0.92 times
as big as Thar desert
Wisconsin (US) is
0.85 times
as big as Thar desert
West Virginia (US) is
0.31 times
as big as Thar desert
Wyoming (US) is
1.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Thar desert compared to countries in the Americas
Bolivia is
5.49 times
as big as Thar desert
Belize is
0.11 times
as big as Thar desert
Central America is
2.54 times
as big as Thar desert
Chile is
3.78 times
as big as Thar desert
Colombia is
5.71 times
as big as Thar desert
Costa Rica is
0.26 times
as big as Thar desert
Cuba is
0.55 times
as big as Thar desert
Dominican Republic is
0.24 times
as big as Thar desert
Ecuador is
1.28 times
as big as Thar desert
Guatemala is
0.54 times
as big as Thar desert
French Guiana is
0.42 times
as big as Thar desert
Guyana is
1.07 times
as big as Thar desert
Honduras is
0.56 times
as big as Thar desert
Haiti is
0.14 times
as big as Thar desert
Republic of Lakotah is
1.00 times
as big as Thar desert
Mojave Desert is
0.62 times
as big as Thar desert
Mexico is
9.82 times
as big as Thar desert
New England is
0.93 times
as big as Thar desert
Nicaragua is
0.65 times
as big as Thar desert
Panama is
0.38 times
as big as Thar desert
The Pampas (South America) is
3.75 times
as big as Thar desert
Peru is
6.43 times
as big as Thar desert
Paraguay is
2.03 times
as big as Thar desert
Suriname is
0.82 times
as big as Thar desert
El Salvador is
0.11 times
as big as Thar desert
Uruguay is
0.88 times
as big as Thar desert
Venezuela is
4.56 times
as big as Thar desert
Yucatan Peninsula is
0.91 times
as big as Thar desert