List of largest mosques

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This is a list of mosques that accommodate at least 5,000,000 worshipers per year. The default listing is alphabetical; to sort using different criteria, click on the desired column headers. Note that determining exactly what should be included when calculating area is a highly subjective assessment, and the figures given here adhere to no common standard.

List of large mosques

Name	Images	Capacity (worshipers)	Area m²	City	Administrative Region	Country	Year of first building
Masjid al-Haram^map		4,000,000[a]	4,008,020 [a]	Mecca	Makkah Province	Saudi Arabia	between 634 and 644
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi^map		1,000,000	400,500	Medina	Al Madinah Province	Saudi Arabia	Pre 622
Moscow Cathedral Mosque	160x160px	10,000		Moscow	Moscow	Russia	1904 (rebuilt 2015)
Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque	160x160px	10,000^[1]		Grozny	Chechen Republic	Russia	2008
Aymani Kadyrov Mosque	160x160px	5,000^[2]		Argun	Chechen Republic	Russia	2014
Imam Ali Mosque	160x160px	800,000	300,500	Najaf	Najaf Governorate	Iraq	900
Al-Azhar Mosque		20,000	7,800	Cairo	Egypt	Egypt	972
Al Fateh Mosque^map		7,000		Manama	Capital Governorate	Bahrain	1987
Imam Husayn Shrine and Al Abbas Mosque		1,000,000	390,550	Karbala	Karbala Governorate	Iraq	680
Badshahi Mosque^map		100,000^E	29,867.2^E	Lahore	Punjab	Pakistan	1673
Grand Jamia Mosque		95,000	9,236	Lahore	Punjab	Pakistan	2014
Bara Imambara		350,000	350,000	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	India	1784
Masjid-e-Aqsa^map		18,500^E	3,700^E	Rabwah	Punjab	Pakistan	1972
Baitul Futuh^map		10,000^E	21,000^E	Morden	London	United Kingdom	2003
Baitul Falah		5,000		Chittagong	Chittagong Division	Bangladesh
Baitul Mukarram^map		40,000		Dhaka	Dhaka Division	Bangladesh	1960
Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque		500,000	200,500	Isfahan	Isfahan Province	Iran	1618
Central Mosque, Almaty		7,000	9,500	Almaty	Almaty	Kazakhstan	1890
Conakry Grand Mosque		12,500		Conakry	Conakry Region	Guinea	1982
East London Mosque		7,500		London	England	United Kingdom	1910
Emir Abdelkader Mosque		15,000		Constantine	Constantine Province	Algeria	1994
Jamkaran Mosque		800,000	305,500	Qom	Qom Province	Iran	984
Faisal Mosque^map		200,000^[3]	5,000^D	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	Pakistan	1986
Gaddafi National Mosque		12,200	48,562.3	Kampala	Central Region	Uganda	1972
Grand Mosque		13,000		Kuwait City	Al Asimah	Kuwait	1986
Mahmood Mosque^map		5,000		Kababir, Haifa	Israel	Israel	1970
Grand Mosque of Évry	160x160px	5,000		Courcouronnes	Greater Paris	France	1994
Great Mosque of Surabaya		59,000^[4]	18,800 (building)	Surabaya	East Java	Indonesia	2000
Hassan II Mosque		105,000^[5]^C	90,000^C	Casablanca	Greater Casablanca	Morocco	1993
Id Kah Mosque^map		20,000^[6]		Kashgar	Xinjiang	People's Republic of China	1442
Imam Reza Shrine^map		500,000^[7]^A	598,657^[8]^A	Mashhad	Razavi Khorasan Province	Iran	818
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta^map		200,000^B	95,000	Jakarta	Jakarta Province	Indonesia	1978
Chota Imambara		100,000	150,000	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	India	1784
Jama Masjid^map		85,000^G	45,000	Old Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	India	1656
Makhachkala Grand Mosque		17,000^[9]		Makhachkala	Republic of Dagestan	Russia	1998
Masjid e Tooba		5,000		Karachi	Sindh	Pakistan	1969
Mecca Masjid		20,000		Hyderabad	Telangana	India	1694
National Mosque of Malaysia^map		15,000		Kuala Lumpur	Federal Territory	Malaysia	1965
Nizhny Novgorod Cathedral Mosque	160x160px	5,000		Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod oblast	Russia	1915
Mosque of Rome		12,000	30,000	Rome	Lazio	Italy	1995
Saint Petersburg Mosque		5,000		Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Russia	1913
Salavat Yulaev Mosque		5,000		Ufa	Bashkortosan	Russia	2017
Saleh Mosque		44,000^[10]	27,300	Sana'a	Sana'a	Yemen	2008
Sabancı Mosque		28,000		Adana	Adana Province	Turkey	1998
Shah Mosque		700,000	400,500	Isfahan	Isfahan Province	Iran	1611
Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque	160x160px	30,000^[11]		Doha	Doha	Qatar	2010
Sheikh Zayed Mosque^map		40,000 ^F	22,000^[12]	Abu Dhabi	Emirate of Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2007
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque		24,000		Shah Alam	Selangor	Malaysia	1988
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (also known as Blue Mosque)		10,000		Istanbul	Marmara Region	Turkey	1616
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah		60,000		Cotabato City	Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao	Philippines	2011
Masjid Al-Dahab		10,000		Manila	National Capital Region	Philippines	1976
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque^map		20,000	416,000	Muscat	Muscat Governorate	Oman	2001
Taj-ul-Masajid^map	160x160px	175,000	90,000	Bhopal	Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal	India	1901
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque		10,000	18,000	Gypjak	Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	2004
Umayyad Mosque^map		20,000		Damascus	Damascus Governorate	Syria	705
Jamia Masjid, Srinagar	160x160px	33,000^[13]		Jammu and kashmir	Kashmir	India	1400
Juma Masjid Mosque	160x160px	6,000^[14]		Durban	Kwazulu-Natal	South Africa	1881
Nizamiye Masjid		6,000^[15]		Midrand	Johannesburg	South Africa	2009
Faizan-e-Madinah	File:Faizan-e-Madinah.jpg	20,000	10,000	Karachi	Karachi	Pakistan	1999

Footnotes

^A Capacity of one courtyard: 100,000; Total number courtyards: 7; Total shrine area: 267,079 m²; Total courtyard area: 331,578 m² (world's largest)
^B Capacity, main building: 61,000; secondary building: 8,000; bridge building: ~1,000; Terrace: 50,000;
^C Capacity, inside: 25,000; outside: 80,000. Covered Area: 20,000 m²
^D Capacity, hall: 10,000; porticoes: 24,000; courtyard; 40,000. Covered Area: 5,000 m²
^E Capacity, hall: 5,000; courtyard and porticoes: 95,000. Courtyard area: 278,784 m²
^F Capacity, main prayer hall: 9,000; 2 halls for women: 2 * 1,500; porticoes: 18,000.
^G Capacity, hall: 10,000; courtyard: 75,000.

Mapping

^ Masjid al-Haram, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Imām Ridhā Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Hassan II Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Faisal Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Badshahi Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Jama Masjid, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Baitul Mukarram, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Id Kah Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Masjid Negara, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Sultan Ahmed Mosqu, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Al Fateh Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Al-Aqsa Mosque, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.^[16]
^ Baitul Futuh, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Masjid-e-Aqsa, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^ Mahmood Mosque,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

References

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↑ Russia's Chechnya inaugurates vast new mosque, 17.10.2008, reuters.com, read 16.1.2015
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↑ Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque – Abu Dhabi
↑ Jamia Masjid, Srinagar
↑ Juma Masjid Mosque
↑ Nizamiye Masjid
↑ NS Country Classification

[1] Russia's Chechnya inaugurates vast new mosque, 17.10.2008, reuters.com, read 16.1.2015

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[12] Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque – Abu Dhabi

[13] Jamia Masjid, Srinagar

[14] Juma Masjid Mosque

[15] Nizamiye Masjid

[16] NS Country Classification

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