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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).

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	Name	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	Disputed	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	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

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