List of largest mosques

This is a list of mosques that can accommodate at least 5,000 worshipers.

Definition

A mosque, or masjid, is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Mosques listed here are of any religious branch which regards themselves as Muslim.

Measurements

The default listing is alphabetical; to sort using different criteria, click on the desired column headers. Whilst claims are made about the relative size of mosques many of these claims are not easily substantiated. "Largest" is at best a vague term, which is often not qualified by claimants. Accepted measures of largeness could include area, volume, length, width, height, and/or capacity, although the last is far more subjective. It is important to note therefore that mosques may claim to be "the largest" based on only one of these measurements; and thus that there may be several mosques that have equal claim to be "the largest mosque". Since there is no official body governing these claims, there is no generally accepted criterion for being "the largest mosque".

List

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NameImagesCapacity
(worshipers)		Area (m2)CityCountry Architectural styleYear of first building
Al-Haram Mosque map

Arabic: ٱلمـسـجد الـحـرام‎
4,000,000[1]H400,000[1]Mecca Saudi Arabia IslamicPre 622
The Prophet's Mosque map

Arabic: المسجد النبوي‎
1,000,000I384,000[2]Medina Saudi Arabia Islamic, Ottoman, Mamluk Revivalistbetween 634 and 644
Al-Aqsa Mosque

Hebrew: מסגד אל-אקצא‎

Arabic: المسجد الأقصى‎
5,0004,650[3]Jerusalem Palestine Gothic, Romanesque, Abbasid, Fatimid705
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque

Arabic: المسجد الكبير 1 نوفمبر 1954‎
30,000[4]42,000[4]Batna Algeria Contemporary Islamic2003
Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque

Russian: Мечеть Ахмата Кадырова

Chechen: Кадыров Ахьмадан цӀарах дина маьждиг
10,000[5]Grozny Russia Late Classical Ottoman2008
Al-Azhar Mosque

Arabic: جامع الْأزهـر‎
20,000Cairo Egypt Hypostle Mosque, Fatimid972
Al-Fateh Grand Mosque map

Arabic: مسجد الفاتح‎
7,000Manama Bahrain Islamic1987
Al-Ittihad Mosque Jatibarang

Indonesian: Masjid Al-Ittihad Jatibarang

Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦄꦭ꧀ꦆꦠ꧀ꦠꦶꦲꦢ꧀ꦗꦠꦶꦨꦫꦁ

Jawi: مسجد الاتحاد جاتيبراڠ
10,000Brebes Indonesia Javanese, Islamic2008
Al-Markaz Al-Islami Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Al-Markaz Al-Islami

Buginese: ᨆᨔᨍᨗᨉ ᨕᨒ-ᨆᨑᨀᨍ ᨕᨒ-ᨀᨗᨔᨒᨆᨗ

 50,000Makassar Indonesia Buginese, Makassarese, Italian1996
Aymani Kadyrov Mosque

Russian: Мечеть Аймани Кадырова
5,000[6]Argun Russia 2014
Badshahi Mosque map

Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد‬‎
50,000E29,867.2ELahore Pakistan Mughal, Indo-Islamic1673
Baitul-Futuh Mosque map
10,000[7]21,000[7]London United Kingdom Modern2003
Jamiatul Falah Mosque

Bengali: জমিয়াতুল ফালাহ
5,000Chittagong Bangladesh
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque map

Bengali: বায়তুল মোকাররম

Arabic: بيت المكرّم‎
40,000Dhaka Bangladesh Islamic1960
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Raya Baiturrahman

Acehnese: Meuseujid Raya Baiturrahman

Jawi: مسجد رايا بيتر الرحمن
30,000Banda Aceh Indonesia Indo-Saracenic Revival, Mughal, Moorish1881
Bara Imambara

Hindi: बारा इमामबारा

Urdu: بارہ امامباڑا‬‎
350,000Lucknow India Mughal1784
Central Mosque Almaty

Kazakh: орталық мешіті Алматы
7,000Almaty Kazakhstan Islamic1890
Chota Imambara

Hindi: छोटा इमामबाड़ा]

Urdu: چھوٹا امامباڑا‬‎
100,000Lucknow India Mughal1784
Grand Mosque of Conakry

French: Grande Mosquée de Conakry
12,500Conakry Guinea Sudano-Sahelian1982
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Dian Al-Mahri

Sundanese: ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪ ᮃᮜ᮪-ᮙᮂᮛᮤ
20,000Depok Indonesia Islamic, Iranian, Indo-Islamic2006
East London Mosque
7,500London United Kingdom Modern, Islamic1910
Emir Abdelkader Mosque

Arabic: مسجد الْأميـر عبد القادر‎
15,000Constantine Algeria Islamic1994
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque

Turkmen: Ärtogrul Gazy Metjidi

 5,000Ashgabat Turkmenistan Ottoman1998
Faisal Mosque map

Urdu: فیصل مسجد‬‎
100,000[8]5,000DIslamabad Pakistan Contemporary Islamic1986
Federal Territory Mosque

Malay: Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan

Jawi: مسجد ولايه ڤرسكوتوان

Chinese: 联邦疆土清真寺

Tamil: பெடரல் மண்டலம் மசூதி
17,000Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Ottoman, Malay2000
Uganda National Mosque

Swahili: Msikiti wa Taifa wa Uganda
12,20048,562.3Kampala Uganda Islamic1972
Grand Mosque

Arabic: المسجد الكبير‎
13,000Kuwait City Kuwait Islamic1986
Grand Jamia Mosque

Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد‬‎
70,000Lahore Pakistan Islamic, Mughal2014
Grand Mosque of Bandung

Indonesian: Masjid Raya Bandung

Sundanese: ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪ ᮛᮚ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ
12,412Bandung Indonesia Arabian, Sundanese2003
Grand Mosque of Évry

French: Grande Mosquée d'Évry
5,000Courcouronnes France Islamic1994
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra

Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sumatera Barat

Minangkabau: Musajik Rayo Sumatera Barat

Jawi: موساجيك رايو سومترا بارايق
20,000Padang Indonesia Minangkabau2014
Great Mosque of Central Java

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah

Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦲꦒꦸꦁꦠꦼꦔꦃ
15,000[9]100,000[9]Semarang Indonesia Javanese, Islamic, Greek Revival2006
Great Mosque of Makassar

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Makassar

Buginese: ᨆᨔᨍᨗᨉ ᨕᨁᨘᨂ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ
10,000Makassar Indonesia Islamic, Renaissance1999
Great Mosque of Palembang

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Palembang

Palembang Malay: Masjid Agung Palembang

Jawi: مسجد أݢوڠ ڤلامبڠ

Chinese: 巨港大清真寺
15,000Palembang Indonesia Malay, Chinese, Palladian1738
Al-Akbar Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Al-Akbar

Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦄꦭ꧀ꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ

Pegon: مَـسْـجِـد الْأَكْـبَـر
59,000[10]Surabaya Indonesia Indonesian Islamic2000
Hassan II Mosque

Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎

French: Mosquée Hassan-II
105,000[11]C90,000CCasablanca Morocco Islamic, Moorish, Moroccan1993
Id Kah Mosque mapChinese: 艾提尕尔清真寺

Uyghur: ھېيتگاھ مەسچىتى‎

20,000[12]Kashgar China Chinese1442
Imam Ali Mosque

Arabic: حرم الإمام علي‎
800,000Najaf Iraq Islamic900
Imam Hussein Mosque

Arabic: مسجد الامام الحسين‎
6,000Kuwait City Kuwait Islamic1986
Imam Husayn Shrine

Arabic: مَقـام الإمـام الـحـسـيـن ابـن عـلي‎
8,597[13]Karbala Iraq Islamic680
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque

Arabic: مسجد محمد بن عبد الوهاب‎
30,000[14]Doha Qatar Islamic2010
Imam Reza Shrine map

Persian: حرم امام رضا‬‎
1,500,000[15]A598,657[16]AMashhad Iran Islamic, Iranian818
Istiqlal Mosque map

Indonesian: Masjid Istiqlal
200,000BJakarta Indonesia International Style1978
Jama Masjid map

Hindi: जामा मस्जिद

Urdu: جامع مسجد‬‎
25,000GCentral Delhi India Indo-Islamic, Mughal1656
Jamkaran Mosque

Persian: مسجد جمکران‬‎
150,000Qom Iran Islamic, Iranian984
Jamia Masjid, Srinagar[17]

Urdu: جامع مسجد سرینگر‬‎
33,000Jammu and Kashmir India Indo-Islamic1400
Juma Mosque[18]

Arabic: جمعة مسجد‎
6,000Durban South Africa Rationalism 1881
Kocatepe Mosque

Turkish: Kocatepe Camii
24,000Ankara Turkey Modern, Islamic, Neo Classical Ottoman 1987
Mahmood Mosque mapHebrew: מסגד האחמדים‎

Arabic: مسجد محمود‎
5,000Haifa Israel Islamic 1970
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala

Russian: Джума мечеть Махачкалы
17,000[19]Makhachkala Russia Islamic, Late Classical Ottoman 1998
Masjid Al-Dahab

Filipino: Moskeng Ginto
22,000Manila Philippines Islamic, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug 1976
Masjid Dimaukom

Filipino: Masjid Dimaukom

 30,000Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao Philippines Islamic 2014
Masjid-e-Aqsa map

Urdu: مسجدِ اقصی‬‎J
18,500Rabwah Pakistan Mughal, Indo-Islamic 1972
Masjid e Tooba

Urdu: مسجدِ طوبٰی‬‎
5,000Karachi Pakistan Islamic 1969
Mecca Masjid

Hindi: मक्का मस्जिद

Telugu: మక్కా మసీదు

Urdu: مکہ مسجد‬‎
20,000Hyderabad India Islamic 1694
Moscow Cathedral Mosque

Russian: Московская соборная мечеть
10,000Moscow Russia Islamic 1904 (rebuilt 2015)
Mosque of Rome

Italian: Moschea di Roma
12,00030,000Rome Italy Islamic 1995
Muğdat Mosque

Turkish: Muğdat Camisi
5,5007,900Mersin Turkey Ottoman 1998
National Mosque of Malaysia map

Malay: Masjid Negara Malaysia

Jawi: مسجد نݢارا مليسيا

Chinese: 马来西亚国家清真寺

Tamil: மலேசியாவின் தேசிய மசூதி
15,000Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Modern 1965
Nizamiye Mosque[20]Afrikaans: Nizamiye Moskee 6,000Midrand South Africa 2009
Nizhny Novgorod Cathedral Mosque

Russian: Нижегородская соборная мечеть
5,000Nizhny Novgorod Russia 1915
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque

Malay: Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin

Jawi: مسجد توانكو ميزن زاينل عابدين

Chinese: 端姑米占再納阿比丁清真寺

Tamil: டுங்கு மஸான் ஜைனல் அபிடின் மசூதி
24,000Putrajaya Malaysia Islamic, Modern 2009
Putra Mosque

Malay: Masjid Putra

Jawi: مسجد ڤوترا

Chinese: 布特拉清真寺

Tamil: புத்ரா மசூதி
15,000Putrajaya Malaysia Islamic, Modern, Mamluk, Moorish 1997
Sabancı Central Mosque

Turkish: Sabancı Merkez Camii
28,000Adana Turkey New Ottoman 1998
KH Hasyim Asy'ari Grand Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Raya KH Hasyim Asy'ari

 16,000 Jakarta  Indonesia Betawi, Indonesian Islamic 2013
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin

Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sabilal Muhtadin

Banjarese: Masigit Raya Sabilal Muhtadin

Jawi: مسيڬيت رايا سبيلَ المهتدين
15,000Banjarmasin Indonesia Banjarese, Neoclassical 1979
Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Islamic Centre Samarinda
40,00043,500Samarinda Indonesia Ottoman, Greek Revival
Saint Petersburg Mosque

Russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргская мече́ть
5,000Saint Petersburg Russia National Romantic 1913
Ar-Rakhim Mosque

Russian: Соборная мечеть «Ар-Рахим»

Bashkir: Әр-Рәхим мәсете

 5,000Ufa Russia 2019
Al Saleh Mosque

Arabic: جامع الصالح‎
44,000[21]27,300Sana'a Yemen Islamic 2008
Saparmurat Hajji Mosque

Turkmen: Saparmyrat Hajy Metjidi
8,000Gökdepe Turkmenistan Islamic 1995
Shah Mosque

Persian: مسجد شاه‬‎
700,00019,000[22]Isfahan Iran Safavid 1611
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Persian: مسجد شیخ لطفُ الله‬‎
500,0002,500[22]Isfahan Iran Isfahani 1618
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque map

Arabic: جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير‎
40,000 F22,000[23]Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Islamic, Persian, Mughal, Indo-Islamic, Moorish 2007
Natuna Great Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Natuna

Malay: Masjid Agung Natuna

Jawi: مسجد اڬوڠ ناتونا

 5,000 4,000 Natuna Regency  Indonesia Islamic, Gothic 2009
Sultan Ahmed Mosque

Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii
10,000Istanbul Turkey Islamic, Late Classical Ottoman 1616
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid

Filipino: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid
60,000Cotabato City Philippines Islamic 2011
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque

Malay: Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz

Jawi: مسجد سلطان صلاحُ الدين عبدُ العزيز

Chinese: 苏丹沙拉胡汀阿都阿兹沙回教堂

Tamil: சுல்தான் சலாஹுதின் அப்துல் அஸீஸ் மசூதி
24,000Shah Alam Malaysia Islamic, Malay, Modern 1988
Rahmatan Lil Alamin Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Natuna

Sundanese: ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪ ᮛᮂᮙᮒᮔ᮪ ᮜᮤᮜ᮪ ᮃᮜᮙᮤᮔ᮪

Cirebonese: ꦩꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦫꦃꦩꦠꦤ꧀ꦭꦶꦭ꧀ꦄꦭꦩꦶꦤ꧀

 150,000 Indramayu Regency  Indonesia Traditional, Contemporary, Umayyad Under construction
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque map

Arabic: جامع السلطان قابوس الكبير‎
20,000416,000[24]Muscat Oman Contemporary Islamic 2001
Taj-ul-Masajid map

Hindi: ताज-उल-मस्जिद
175,000+400,000Bhopal India Mughal 1901
Tulay Central Mosque

Filipino: Tulay Masjid
10,000Jolo, Sulu Philippines Islamic
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Metjidi

 10,000Gypjak Turkmenistan Islamic 2004
UGM Campus Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Kampus UGM

Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦑꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦈꦒꦺꦌꦩ꧀
10,000Sleman Regency Indonesia Modern, Islamic, Chinese, Indo-Islamic 1999
Umayyad Mosque map

Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير‎
20,000Damascus Syria Islamic, Umayyad 705
Qolşärif Mosque

Russian: мечеть Кул-Шариф

Turkish: Qol Şärif Mäçete
6,000Kazan Russia Renaissance, Ottoman 2005
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

Malay: Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu

Jawi: مسجد بندارايا كوتا کوتا کينا بالو

Chinese: 亚庇市清真寺

Tamil: கோட்டா கினாபுவல் சிட்டி மசூதி
12,000 Kota Kinabalu  Malaysia Islamic, Modern 2000
Kapitan Keling Mosque

Malay: Masjid Kapitan Keling

Jawi: مسجد كاڤيتان كليڠ

Chinese: 甲必丹吉灵清真寺

Tamil: காப்பித்தான் கெலிங மசூதி
5,000 George Town  Malaysia Islamic, Mughal, Moorish 1801
Masjid Sultan

Malay: Masjid Sultan

Jawi: مسجد سلطان

Chinese: 苏丹回教堂

Tamil: மஸ்ஜித் சுல்தான்
5,000 Kampong Glam  Singapore Indo-Saracenic Revival 1928
Masjid Al-Iman

Malay: Masjid Al-Iman

Jawi: مسجد الايمان

Chinese: 阿明清真寺

Tamil: மஸ்ஜித் அல்-அமீன்
5,000 Bukit Panjang  Singapore International Style 2003
Wazir Khan Mosque

Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان‬‬‎
approximately10,000 Lahore  Pakistans Indo-Islamic, Mughal 1641
Faizan-e-Madinah

Urdu: فیضان مدینہ‬‬‎
20,000 10,000 Karachi  Pakistan Islamic
Al-Azhar Great Mosque

Indonesian: Masjid Agung Al-Azhar
10,000 43.755 Jakarta  Indonesia Islamic, Minimalism 1958

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.
  • ^H Accommodates more than 1,000,000 during peak times
  • ^I Plans announced in 2012 for expansion to accommodate two million worshippers by 2040.[2]
  • ^J This is an Ahmadiyya place of worship in Pakistan. While members of the Ahmadiyya movement regard themselves as Muslim, and this place is considered a mosque by those outside Pakistan, Ahmadiyya are legally classed as non-Muslims in Pakistan by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan and therefore this is not considered a mosque in Pakistan, for legal purposes.

Mapping

See also

References

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