This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available places of prayer such as prayer halls (musala), courtyards (ṣaḥn) and porticoes (riwāq). All the mosques in this list are congregational mosques – a type of mosque that hosts the Friday prayer (ṣalāt al-jumuʿa) in congregation (jamāʿa).

List of mosques

Name Image Capacity Area (m2) City Country Year of first building Denomination
1 Masjid al-Haram
4,000,000[1] 356,000[2] Mecca  Saudi Arabia Pre-622 –
2 Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
1,500,000[3] 384,000[4] Medina  Saudi Arabia 623 –
3 Grand Jamia Mosque
800,000 200,000[5][6] Karachi  Pakistan ~2023 Sunni
4 Imam Reza shrine
1,200,000 150,000[7] Mashhad  Iran 729 Shia
5 Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
400,000[8] 150,000 Jerusalem  Palestine Pre-622[8] Sunni
6 Faisal Mosque
300,000[9] 130,000[10] Islamabad  Pakistan 1986 Sunni
7 Astana Grand Mosque
230,000 68,062[11] Astana  Kazakhstan 2022 Sunni
8 Istiqlal Mosque
200,000 98,247[12] Jakarta  Indonesia 1978 Sunni
9 Taj-ul-Masajid
175,000[citation needed] 23,000[13] Bhopal  India 1901 Sunni
10 Jamkaran Mosque
150,000[citation needed] 370,000 Qom  Iran 984 Shia
11 Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center (Masjid Misr Al Kabeer)
130,000[citation needed] 250,000 New Administrative Capital  Egypt 2023 Sunni
12 Djamaa el Djazaïr
120,000[14] 20,000[14] Algiers  Algeria 2019 Sunni
13 Hassan II Mosque
105,000[15] Casablanca  Morocco 1993 Sunni
14 Umayyad Mosque
100,000 Damascus  Syria 715 Sunni
15 Badshahi Mosque
100,000[16] Lahore  Pakistan 1673 Sunni
16 Bahria Grand Mosque
70,000[17] Lahore  Pakistan 2014 Sunni
17 Çamlıca Mosque
63,000[18] Istanbul  Turkey 2019 Sunni
18 Jameh Mosque of Makki
60,000[19][better source needed] 33,000[20] Zahedan  Iran 1971 Sunni
19 Al-Akbar Mosque
59,000[21] Surabaya  Indonesia 2000 Sunni
20 Al Saleh Mosque
45,000[22] 27,300[22] Sana'a  Yemen 2008 Sunni
21 Baitul Mukarram Mosque
42,000[23] Dhaka  Bangladesh 1959 Sunni
22 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
41,000[24] 22,412[24] Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 2007 Sunni
23 Jamia Masjid[25]
33,333[26][better source needed] Jammu and Kashmir  India 1400 Sunni
24 Al Jabbar Grand Mosque
33,000[27] Bandung  Indonesia 2022 Sunni
25 1st November of 1954 Great Mosque
30,000[28] 42,000[28] Batna  Algeria 2003 Sunni
26 Massalikoul Djinane Mosque
30,000[29] 10,000[29] Dakar  Senegal 2019 Sunni
27 Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque
30,000[30] Doha  Qatar 2010 Sunni
28 Sabancı Central Mosque
28,500[31] Adana  Turkey 1998 Sunni
29 At-Tin Mosque
25,850[32] Jakarta  Indonesia 1997 Sunni
30 Jama Masjid
25,000[33] Central Delhi  India 1656 Sunni
31 CMH Masjid Jhelum
25,000[34] Jhelum Cantt  Pakistan 1950[34] Sunni
32 Abuja National Mosque
25,000[35] Abuja  Nigeria 1984 Sunni
33 Selahaddin Eyyubi Mosque 25,000[36] 43,500[36] Diyarbakır  Turkey 2023 Sunni
34 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque
24,000[37] Shah Alam  Malaysia 1988 Sunni
35 Jakarta Islamic Center
20,680[38] Jakarta  Indonesia 1972 Sunni
36 Al-Azhar Mosque
20,000[39] Cairo  Egypt 972 Sunni
37 Aqsa Mosque 20,000[40] 6,500 Rabwah  Pakistan 1972 Ahmadi
38 Dian Al-Mahri Mosque 20,000[41] Depok  Indonesia 2006 Sunni
39 Grand Mosque of Conakry
20,000[39] Conakry  Guinea 1982 Sunni
40 Grand Mosque of West Sumatra
20,000[42] Padang  Indonesia 2014 Sunni
41 Id Kah Mosque
20,000[43] Kashgar  China 1442 Sunni
42 Shah Jahan Mosque
20,000[44] Thatta  Pakistan 1659 Sunni
43 Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
20,000[45] 416,000[46] Muscat  Oman 2001 Ibadi
44 Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque
20,000[47] Putrajaya  Malaysia 2009 Sunni
45 Great Mosque of Batam
18,500[48] Batam  Indonesia 1999 Sunni
46 Hagia Sophia
18,000[49] Istanbul  Turkey 537 Sunni
47 Al-Kauthar Mosque
17,000[50] Tawau Malaysia Malaysia 1997 Sunni
48 Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
17,000[51] New Administrative Capital  Egypt 2019 Sunni
49 Federal Territory Mosque
17,000[52] Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 2000 Sunni
50 Grand Mosque of Makhachkala
17,000[53] Makhachkala  Russia 1998 Sunni
51 Aqsa Mosque 15,000[54] Qadian  India 1876 Ahmadi
52 Al-Azhom Grand Mosque
15,000[55] Tangerang  Indonesia 1997 Sunni
53 Emir Abdelkader Mosque
15,000[39] Constantine  Algeria 1994 Sunni
54 Kocatepe Mosque
15,000[56] Ankara  Turkey 1987 Sunni
55 Great Mosque of Central Java
15,000[57] Semarang  Indonesia 2006 Sunni
56 Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin
15,000[58] Banjarmasin  Indonesia 1979 Sunni
57 National Mosque of Malaysia
15,000[59] Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 1965 Sunni
58 Putra Mosque
15,000[60] Putrajaya  Malaysia 1999 Sunni
59 Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
15,000[61] Cotabato City  Philippines 2011 Sunni

See also

Notes

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