List of largest swimming pools

There are a number of large swimming pools around the world, several of which are artificial lagoons. As of 2019, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest man-made lagoon is Citystars Sharm El Sheikh, located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[1]

List

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Only extant completed artificial swimming pools larger than 1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft) for which reliable size sourcing information is available are listed, sorted by surface area. Depth and volume are not taken into account. Note that this list may not be comprehensive as large swimming pools for which no reliable sources exist attesting to their size are not included.

Rank Swimming Pool Country City Area Opened Water Notes Coordinates
1 Citystars Sharm El Sheikh  Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 96,800 m2 (1,042,000 sq ft)[1]
See Note. 		2015 Sea water 28°1′41.2″N 34°23′38.7″E / 28.028111°N 34.394083°E / 28.028111; 34.394083 (City Stars Pool)
2 San Alfonso del Mar  Chile Algarrobo 80,000 m2 (860,000 sq ft)[2] 2006 Sea water
3 Mahasamutr  Thailand Hua Hin 72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft)[3] 2014 Sea water 12°31′20.6″N 99°56′16.6″E / 12.522389°N 99.937944°E / 12.522389; 99.937944 (Mahasamutr)
4 Treasure Bay Bintan  Indonesia Bintan 63,000 m2 (680,000 sq ft)[4] 2015 Sea water
5 The Lagoon at Epperson  USA Wesley Chapel 30,540.9 m2 (328,739 sq ft)[5] 2017 Sea water 28°16′22″N 82°17′28″W / 28.2727°N 82.2910°W / 28.2727; -82.2910
6 Balneario Carlos Xamena  Argentina Salta 26,199 m2 (282,000 sq ft)[6] Fresh water 24°48′48.48″S 65°25′4.08″W / 24.8134667°S 65.4178000°W / -24.8134667; -65.4178000 (Balneario Carlos Xamena)
7 Freibad Fürstenfeld  Austria Fürstenfeld 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft)[7] 1966 Fresh

water

47°03'23.2"N 16°04'06.8"E
8 The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch  USA Prosper, Texas 23,230 m2 (250,000 sq ft) 33.23554, -96.86658
9 Laguna Las Brisas De Santo Domingo  Chile Santo Domingo 22,000 m2 (240,000 sq ft)[8] Sea water 33°41′36.4″S 71°39′4.7″W / 33.693444°S 71.651306°W / -33.693444; -71.651306 (Piscina Las Brisas)
10 Peninsula Romania Cicarlau 18,000 m2 (193,750 sq ft) 2021 Fresh water
11 Rabat municipal pool  Morocco Rabat 17,000 m2 (182,986 sq ft) 2020 Sea Water X4R6+7X9, Rabat
12 Freibad Weyermannshaus   Switzerland Bern 16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft)[9] 1908 Fresh water 46°56′51.7″N 7°24′18.8″E / 46.947694°N 7.405222°E / 46.947694; 7.405222 (Weyermannshaus)
13 Brentanobad  Germany Frankfurt 11,000 m2 (118,403 sq ft)[10] 1966 Fresh water 50°7′33.941″N 8°37′8.592″E / 50.12609472°N 8.61905333°E / 50.12609472; 8.61905333 (Brentanobad)
14 Dreamworld Resort  Pakistan Karachi 8,903.1 m2 (95,832 sq ft)[11] 2008 Well water 25°1′56.5″N 67°8′29.3″E / 25.032361°N 67.141472°E / 25.032361; 67.141472 (Dreamworld)
15 Hard Rock Guitar Hotel  USA Hollywood, Florida 8,410 m2 (90,500 sq ft) 2019 Fresh water 26°03′06.09″N 80°12′33.51″W / 26.0516917°N 80.2093083°W / 26.0516917; -80.2093083 (Hard Rock Guitar Lagoon Pool)
16 Nakache été  France Toulouse 7,500 m2 (81,000 sq ft)[12][13] 1933 Fresh water 43°35′8.85″N 1°26′7.61″E / 43.5857917°N 1.4354472°E / 43.5857917; 1.4354472
17 Sunlite Pool  USA Cincinnati 7,450 m2 (80,200 sq ft) 1925 Fresh water 39°03′17.20″N 84°25′03.02″W / 39.0547778°N 84.4175056°W / 39.0547778; -84.4175056 (Sunlite Pool)
18 Bronte Creek Provincial Park  Canada Oakville, Ontario 7,300 m2 (79,000 sq ft)[14] 1972 Fresh water 43°24′12″N 79°45′30″W / 43.4032341°N 79.7582572°W / 43.4032341; -79.7582572
19 Freibad Waschmühle  Germany Kaiserslautern 7,200 m2 (78,000 sq ft)[15] 1908 49°27'37"N 7°45'46"E
20 Balmorhea State Park  USA Balmorhea 7,158.5 m2 (77,053 sq ft)[16] 1930s[17] Fresh water 30°56′40″N 103°47′00″W / 30.94444°N 103.78333°W / 30.94444; -103.78333 [18]
21 Freibad  Germany Ensdorf 6,250 m2 (67,300 sq ft) Municipal water 49°18′40.5″N 6°47′18.79″E / 49.311250°N 6.7885528°E / 49.311250; 6.7885528 (Freibad Ensdorf)
22 Hansen Dam Recreation Center  USA Los Angeles 6,100 m2 (65,000 sq ft)[19][20] 1998[19] Municipal water 34°16′13.9″N 118°23′20.9″W / 34.270528°N 118.389139°W / 34.270528; -118.389139 (Hansen Dam)
23 North Park Pool  USA Pittsburgh 5,365 m2 (57,748 sq ft)[21] 1937[21] Municipal water 2,250,000 gal. 40° 35' 19.6002"N79° 59' 41.6466"W
24 Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool  USA Oak Ridge 5,100 m2 (54,000 sq ft)[22] 1944[23] Fresh water 36°00′58″N 84°15′57″W / 36.0160°N 84.2658°W / 36.0160; -84.2658
25 Astoria Park Pool  USA New York City 5,059 m2 (54,450 sq ft)[24] 1936 Fresh water 40°46′44″N 73°55′21″W / 40.7789°N 73.9224°W / 40.7789; -73.9224
26 Pearce Pool  USA Jackson 4,394.7 m2 (47,304 sq ft)[25] 1960s[26] Fresh water 31°30′10″N 87°53′18″W / 31.5029°N 87.8884°W / 31.5029; -87.8884 (Pearce Pool)
27 Tooting Bec Lido  UK London 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft)[27] 1906 Fresh water 51° 25′ 54″ N, 0° 8′ 21″ W
28 Budlong Pool  USA Cranston, Rhode Island 2,029 m2 (21,840 sq ft)[28] 1950s Municipal water
29 Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory  USA Houston 1,914.2 m2 (20,604 sq ft)[29] 1995 29°36′25.4″N 95°8′36.8″W / 29.607056°N 95.143556°W / 29.607056; -95.143556 (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory)

Note: Marketing material and press releases for Citystars Sharm El Sheikh claim a larger area of 12.5 hectares (125,000 m2; 1,350,000 sq ft)[30]

Other swimming pool superlatives

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Swimming pool Country City Opened Notes Coordinates
Marina Bay Sands  Singapore Downtown Core 2010 World's highest and longest rooftop infinity pool at 200 metres (650 feet) high[31] and 150 metres (490 feet) long[32] 1°16′59.2″N 103°51′34.5″E / 1.283111°N 103.859583°E / 1.283111; 103.859583 (Marina Bay Sands)
Deep Dive Dubai  United Arab Emirates Dubai 2020 World's deepest pool at 60.02 metres (196.9 feet) deep[33] 25°7′40.08″N 55°17′42.36″E / 25.1278000°N 55.2951000°E / 25.1278000; 55.2951000

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