Largest Mosques in the World by Capacity
About This Dataset
Largest Mosques in the World by Capacity
Mosques are usually compared by how many worshippers they can hold. This chart ranks the largest mosques in the world by reported capacity; for the biggest mosques the figure includes courtyards and surrounding prayer areas, not only the covered prayer hall.
Analysis
Masjid al-Haram in Mecca has the largest capacity at 4,000,000 worshippers, 2.7 times the 1,500,000 of Prophet's Mosque (Masjid An-Nabawi). The 12 mosques shown can hold 7,533,000 people between them, and Masjid al-Haram accounts for 53% of that. Pakistan has the most mosques on this chart with 4.
Key Findings
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Masjid al-Haram leads in Worshipper capacity with 4,000,000 in 2026.
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Average Worshipper capacity in 2026: 627,750 · median: 110,000.
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Gap in 2026: Masjid al-Haram is 66.7× larger than Al Jabbar Grand Mosque.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia - List of largest mosques
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- Worshipper capacity
- Last updated
- 10 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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