# Largest lakes in the world

| Rank | Lake | Wikidata | Type | Area (km²) | Max depth (m) | Volume (km³) | Country | Countries | Latitude | Longitude | Image |
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| 1 | Caspian Sea | Q5484 | endorheic lake; lake; salt lake | 386400 | 1025 | 78700 |  | Iran; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Russia; Azerbaijan | 42 | 50.5 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caspian%20Sea%20from%20orbit.jpg?width=320 |
| 2 | Lake Superior | Q1066 | rift lake; lake; glacial lake | 82350 | 406 | 12100 |  | Canada; United States | 47.52882 | -87.76002 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Superior%2C%20ISS.jpg?width=320 |
| 3 | Lake Victoria | Q5505 | freshwater lake; lake | 68100 | 83 | 2750 |  | Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania | -1 | 33 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Getting%20out%20to%20fish%20at%20dusk.jpg?width=320 |
| 4 | Lake Huron | Q1383 | lake | 59600 | 230 | 3538 |  | Canada; United States | 44.59258 | -82.75629 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Huron%20in%20winter.jpg?width=320 |
| 5 | Lake Michigan | Q1169 | lake | 57750 | 281 | 4918 | USA | United States | 44.00787 | -86.75645 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Michigan%20in%20true%20color.jpg?width=320 |
| 6 | Lake Tanganyika | Q5511 | lake | 32900 | 1433 | 18900 |  | Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zambia; Burundi; Tanzania | -6.1 | 29.5 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Tanganyika.jpg?width=320 |
| 7 | Lake Baikal | Q5513 | freshwater lake; mountain lake; lake | 31722 | 1642 | 23615.4 | RUS | Russia | 53.30278 | 108.00472 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olkhon%20Island%20and%20Lake%20Baikal.jpg?width=320 |
| 8 | Great Bear Lake | Q5525 | lake | 31153 | 446 | 2236 | CAN | Canada | 66 | -121 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great%20Bear%20Lake.jpg?width=320 |
| 9 | Lake Malawi | Q5532 | lake | 29600 | 704 | 8400 |  | Malawi; Tanzania; Mozambique | -12.18333 | 34.36667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cape%20McLear%2C%20Malawi%20(2498445835).jpg?width=320 |
| 10 | Great Slave Lake | Q5539 | glacial lake | 27209 | 614 | 1580 | CAN | Canada | 61.66667 | -114 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UtsingiPoint-GreatSlaveLake.JPG?width=320 |
| 11 | Lake Erie | Q5492 | lake | 25744 | 65 | 483 |  | United States; Canada | 42.25 | -80.99972 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A1.23188.1851.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg?width=320 |
| 12 | Lake Winnipeg | Q3272 | lake | 24400 | 36 | 294 | CAN | Canada | 52.11667 | -97.25 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20winnipeg%20in%20july.jpg?width=320 |
| 13 | Lake Ontario | Q1062 | lake | 18529 | 244 | 1639 |  | Canada; United States | 43.72889 | -78.10639 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ISS-36%20Lake%20Ontario%20(horizontal).jpg?width=320 |
| 14 | Lake Balkhash | Q134485 | lake; endorheic lake | 18200 | 25 | 106 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 46.54083 | 74.87889 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/STS039-085-00E%20Lake%20Balkhash%2C%20Kazakhstan%20April%201991.jpg?width=320 |
| 15 | Lake Ladoga | Q15288 | lake | 17700 | 230 | 838 | RUS | Russia | 60.84278 | 31.45972 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sortavalan%20saaristoa.jpg?width=320 |
| 16 | Lake Maracaibo | Q182137 | lake | 13210 | 60 | 280 | VEN | Venezuela | 9.81583 | -71.55667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maracaibo%20MODIS%202004jun26.jpg?width=320 |
| 17 | Lagoa dos Patos | Q661235 | lake; lagoon | 10000 | 7 |  | BRA | Brazil | -31.15 | -51.39 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lagoa%20dos%20Patos%20PIA03444%20lrg.jpg?width=320 |
| 18 | Lake Bangweulu | Q673169 | lake | 9840 | 10 |  | ZMB | Zambia | -11.08333 | 29.75 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bangweulu%20NASA%20satellite%20photo.PNG?width=320 |
| 19 | Lake Onega | Q166162 | lake | 9800 | 127 | 285 | RUS | Russia | 61.69056 | 35.65556 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2%20%D0%B8%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8F%202011.%20%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5.%20-%20panoramio%20(2).jpg?width=320 |
| 20 | Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre | Q179970 | lake; endorheic lake; intermittent lake | 9300 | 6 | 30.1 | AUS | Australia | -28.66667 | 137.16667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NEO%20lake%20eyre%20big.jpg?width=320 |
| 21 | Lake Volta | Q201679 | reservoir | 8502 | 75 | 148 | GHA | Ghana | 7.4 | 0.2 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Volta%20lake.jpg?width=320 |
| 22 | Titicaca | Q35342 | monomictic lake; mountain lake; lake | 8372 | 489 | 893 |  | Peru; Bolivia | -15.825 | -69.325 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/00%201635%20Reed%20Islands%20of%20Lake%20Titicaca.jpg?width=320 |
| 23 | Lake Nicaragua | Q173862 | lake | 8264 | 60 | 108 | NIC | Nicaragua | 11.5742 | -85.3563 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ISS066-E-103300%20-%20View%20of%20Nicaragua.jpg?width=320 |
| 24 | Lake Athabasca | Q272463 | lake | 7850 | 243 | 204 | CAN | Canada | 59.26667 | -109.45 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Athabasca%2C%20Canada.jpg?width=320 |
| 25 | Smallwood Reservoir | Q1539726 | reservoir | 6527 |  | 28 | CAN | Canada | 54.09639 | -64.01111 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Churchill%20fallslabrador.jpg?width=320 |
| 26 | Reindeer Lake | Q1134446 | lake; glacial lake | 6500 | 219 | 95.2 | CAN | Canada | 57.25 | -102.25028 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Canada.A2002236.1810.721.250m%20NASA.jpg?width=320 |
| 27 | Kuybyshev Reservoir | Q745937 | reservoir | 6450 | 41 | 58 | RUS | Russia | 53.45 | 49.16667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuybyshev%20Reservoir%20(3).jpg?width=320 |
| 28 | Lake Turkana | Q182719 | salt lake; endorheic lake | 6405 | 109 | 203.6 |  | Ethiopia; Kenya | 4.05 | 36.01667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LakeTurkanaSouthIsland.jpg?width=320 |
| 29 | Issyk-Kul | Q42191 | ancient lake; endorheic lake; lake | 6236 | 668 | 1738 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 42.41667 | 77.25 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Issyk%20Kul.jpg?width=320 |
| 30 | Mar Chiquita | Q782399 | salt lake | 5770 | 10 | 2.4 | ARG | Argentina | -30.62806 | -62.55889 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laguna%20Mar%20Chiquita.jpg?width=320 |
| 31 | Lake Torrens | Q163855 | salt lake | 5700 | 8 |  | AUS | Australia | -31.04444 | 137.85972 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20C.%20Frome%20-%20First%20view%20of%20the%20salt%20desert%20-%20called%20Lake%20Torrens%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320 |
| 32 | Vänern | Q173596 | lake | 5650 | 106 | 153 | SWE | Sweden | 58.91667 | 13.5 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4nern%20by%20Sentinel-2.jpg?width=320 |
| 33 | Bukhtarma Reservoir | Q999142 | reservoir | 5490 | 9.6 | 48 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 48.90194 | 83.51417 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bukhtarminskoe%202.jpg?width=320 |
| 34 | Bratsk Reservoir | Q899803 | reservoir | 5470 | 150 | 169.3 | RUS | Russia | 56.25 | 101.75 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bratsk%20Reservoir%20View%202007.jpg?width=320 |
| 35 | Lake Kariba | Q1047206 | reservoir | 5400 | 78 | 180 |  | Zimbabwe; Zambia | -16.9 | 28 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kariba%2C%20Zimbabwe%2004.JPG?width=320 |
| 36 | Lake Albert | Q125888 | lake | 5270 | 58 | 132 |  | Uganda; Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.68333 | 30.91667 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lac%20Albert%202.jpg?width=320 |
| 37 | Lake Nasser | Q182796 | reservoir | 5250 | 25 | 132 |  | Egypt; Sudan | 22.5 | 31.86 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu%20Simbel%2C%20Nefertari%20Temple%2C%20Lake%20Nasser%2C%20Egypt%2C%20Oct%202004.jpg?width=320 |
| 38 | Urmia Lake | Q199551 | hypersaline lake; endorheic lake | 5200 | 15 | 45 | IRN | Iran | 37.662 | 45.405 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20urmia%201984.jpg?width=320 |
| 39 | Lake Winnipegosis | Q934638 | lake | 5164 | 12 | 20.1 | CAN | Canada | 52.5 | -100 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WinnipegosisBeach.JPG?width=320 |
| 40 | Poyang Lake | Q207690 | lake | 5100 | 25 | 25 | CHN | People's Republic of China | 29.06667 | 116.38333 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Satelites%20image%20of%20Lake%20Poyang.png?width=320 |
| 41 | Nettilling Lake | Q1132211 | lake | 5051 | 132 |  | CAN | Canada | 66.48333 | -70.33333 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nettilling%20Lake%202019-08-21%20Sentinel-2%20L2A%20Highlight%20Optimized%20Natural%20Color.jpg?width=320 |

Source: https://aidb.si/d/largest-lakes — Data from Wikidata (CC0), compiled by its volunteer editors from cited sources.