List of largest mosques

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
Masjid al-Haram		4,000,000[1]	400,800[2]	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Pre-622	Sunni[3]
Prophet's Mosque (Masjid An-Nabawi)		1,500,000[4]	384,000[5]	Medina	Saudi Arabia	623	Sunni[3]
Imam Reza shrine		1,200,000[citation needed]	267,069[6]	Mashhad	Iran	729	Shia
Grand Jamia Mosque		800,000[7]	200,000[8][9]	Karachi	Pakistan	2023	Sunni
Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound		400,000[10]	150,000	Jerusalem	State of Palestine	Pre-622[10]	Sunni
Faisal Mosque		300,000[11]	130,000[12]	Islamabad	Pakistan	1986	Sunni
Astana Grand Mosque		230,000[citation needed]	68,062[13]	Astana	Kazakhstan	2022	Sunni
Istiqlal Mosque		200,000[citation needed]	93,200[14]	Jakarta	Indonesia	1978	Sunni
Taj-ul-Masajid		175,000[citation needed]	23,000[15]	Bhopal	India	1901	Sunni
Jamkaran Mosque		150,000[citation needed]	370,000	Qom	Iran	984	Shia
Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center (Masjid Misr Al Kabeer)		130,000[citation needed]	250,000	New Administrative Capital	Egypt	2023	Sunni
Djamaa el Djazaïr		120,000[16]	20,000[16]	Algiers	Algeria	2019	Sunni
Hassan II Mosque		105,000		Casablanca	Morocco	1993	Sunni
Umayyad Mosque		100,000[citation needed]		Damascus	Syria	715	Sunni
Badshahi Mosque	Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque)	100,000[17]		Lahore	Pakistan	1673	Sunni
Bahria Grand Mosque	Side view of Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore	70,000[18]		Lahore	Pakistan	2014	Sunni
Çamlıca Mosque		63,000[19]		Istanbul	Turkey	2019	Sunni
Al Jabbar Grand Mosque		60,000[20]	25,997	Bandung	Indonesia	2022	Sunni
Jameh Mosque of Makki		60,000[21][22]	33,000[23]	Zahedan	Iran	1971	Sunni
Al-Akbar Mosque		59,000[24]		Surabaya	Indonesia	2000	Sunni
Al Saleh Mosque		45,000[25]	27,300[25]	Sana'a	Yemen	2008	Sunni
Baitul Mukarram Mosque		42,000[26]	2463[27]	Dhaka	Bangladesh	1959	Sunni
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque		41,000[28]	22,412[28]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2007	Sunni
Jamia Masjid[29]		33,333[30][better source needed]		Jammu and Kashmir	India	1400	Sunni
Jamiul Futuh, The Indian Grand Masjid	Jamiul Futuh, The Indian Grand Masjid	30,000		Kerala	India	2022	Sunni
Pride of Muslims Mosque[RU]		30,000[31]		Shali	Russia	2019	Sunni
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque		30,000[32]	42,000[32]	Batna	Algeria	2003	Sunni
Massalikoul Djinane Mosque		30,000[33]	10,000[33]	Dakar	Senegal	2019	Sunni
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque		30,000[34]		Doha	Qatar	2010	Sunni
Sabancı Central Mosque		28,500[35]		Adana	Turkey	1998	Sunni
At-Tin Mosque		25,850[36]		Jakarta	Indonesia	1997	Sunni
Jama Masjid		25,000[37]		Central Delhi	India	1656	Sunni
CMH Masjid Jhelum[Ar]		25,000[38]		Jhelum Cantt	Pakistan	1950[38]	Sunni
Abuja National Mosque		25,000[39]		Abuja	Nigeria	1984	Sunni
Selahaddin Eyyubi Mosque		25,000[40]	43,500[40]	Diyarbakır	Turkey	2023	Sunni
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque		24,000[41]		Shah Alam	Malaysia	1988	Sunni
Jakarta Islamic Center		20,680[42]		Jakarta	Indonesia	1972	Sunni
Al-Azhar Mosque		20,000[43]		Cairo	Egypt	972	Sunni
Aqsa Mosque		20,000[44]	6,500[citation needed]	Rabwah	Pakistan	1972	Ahmadi
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque		20,000[45]		Depok	Indonesia	2006	Sunni
Grand Mosque of Conakry		20,000[43]		Conakry	Guinea	1982	Sunni
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra		20,000[46]		Padang	Indonesia	2014	Sunni
Id Kah Mosque		20,000[47]		Kashgar	China	1442	Sunni
Shah Jahan Mosque		20,000[48]		Thatta	Pakistan	1659	Sunni
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque		20,000[49]	416,000[50]	Muscat	Oman	2001	Ibadi
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque		20,000[51]		Putrajaya	Malaysia	2009	Sunni
Raja Hamidah Great Mosque of Batam		18,500[52]		Batam	Indonesia	1999	Sunni
Hagia Sophia		18,000[53]		Istanbul	Turkey	537	Sunni
Al-Kauthar Mosque		17,000[54]		Tawau	Malaysia	1997	Sunni
Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque		17,000[55]		New Administrative Capital	Egypt	2019	Sunni
Federal Territory Mosque		17,000[56]		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2000	Sunni
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala		17,000[57]		Makhachkala	Russia	1998	Sunni
Aqsa Mosque		15,000[58]		Qadian	India	1876	Ahmadi
Al-Azhom Grand Mosque		15,000[59]		Tangerang	Indonesia	2003	Sunni
Emir Abdelkader Mosque		15,000[43]		Constantine	Algeria	1994	Sunni
Kocatepe Mosque		15,000[60]		Ankara	Turkey	1987	Sunni
Great Mosque of Central Java		15,000[61]		Semarang	Indonesia	2006	Sunni
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin		15,000[62]		Banjarmasin	Indonesia	1974	Sunni
National Mosque of Malaysia		15,000[63]		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1965	Sunni
Putra Mosque		15,000[64]		Putrajaya	Malaysia	1999	Sunni
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque		15,000[65]		Cotabato City	Philippines	2011	Sunni

See also

• Islamic architecture
• Holiest sites in Islam
• Lists of mosques
• List of the oldest mosques
• List of tallest mosques
• List of tallest minarets