sq. km
|
country
|
2,500,000
|
Australia
|
2,100,000
|
Algeria
|
2,100,000
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2,000,000
|
Canada
|
2,000,000
|
China
|
1,900,000
|
Russia
|
1,600,000
|
Libya
|
|
sq. km
|
country
|
1,500,000
|
Sudan
|
1,000,000
|
Mauritania
|
900,000
|
Egypt
|
800,000
|
Chad
|
750,000
|
Mali
|
750,000
|
Niger
|
500,000
|
Namibia
|
|
sq. km
|
country
|
500,000
|
United States
|
500,000
|
Yemen
|
450,000
|
Pakistan
|
450,000
|
Somalia
|
400,000
|
Argentina
|
400,000
|
Iran
|
400,000
|
Mongolia
|
|
As for Kazakhstan, that surprised me too. My best guess is that most of the country is semi-arid, which isn't the exact same as desert.
Kazakhstan seems as a mistake to me. Even if it had around 20 % of desert teritory (most of the country is definitely NOT a desert), it would still be around 550k kilometres, given its enormous size.
I am still convinced, that Kazahstan and Mexico should make it into the bottom of the quiz though, given their total size and the map provided as source. Do you mind doing a recount for these two countries, Quizmaster?
And kazakhstan its just magic.