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.
Only extant completed artificial swimming pools larger than 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 | |
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1 | Citystars Sharm El Sheikh | Sharm El Sheikh | [1] See Note. | 2015 | Sea water | 28.0281°N 34.3941°W | |||
2 | San Alfonso del Mar | Chile | Algarrobo | [2] | 2006 | Sea water | |||
3 | Mahasamutr | Thailand | Hua Hin | [3] | 2014 | Sea water | 12.5224°N 99.9379°W | ||
4 | Treasure Bay Bintan | Indonesia | Bintan | [4] | 2015 | Sea water | |||
5 | The Lagoon at Epperson | United States | Wesley Chapel | [5] | 2017 | Sea water | 28.2727°N -82.291°W | ||
6 | Balneario Carlos Xamena | Argentina | Salta | [6] | Fresh water | -24.8135°N -65.4178°W | |||
7 | Freibad Fürstenfeld | Fürstenfeld | [7] | 1966 | Freshwater | ||||
8 | Laguna Las Brisas De Santo Domingo | Chile | Santo Domingo | [8] | Sea water | -33.6934°N -71.6513°W | |||
9 | The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch | United States | Prosper, Texas | 33.23554, -96.86658 | |||||
10 | Peninsula | Romania | Cicarlau | 2021 | Fresh water | ||||
11 | Rabat municipal pool | Morocco | Rabat | 2020 | Sea Water | X4R6+7X9, Rabat | |||
12 | Freibad Weyermannshaus | Switzerland | Bern | [9] | 1908 | Fresh water | 46.9477°N 7.4052°W | ||
13 | Brentanobad | Germany | Frankfurt | [10] | 1966 | Fresh water | 50.1261°N 8.6191°W | ||
14 | Dreamworld Resort | Pakistan | Karachi | 95832abbr=onNaNabbr=on[11] | 2008 | Well water | 25.0324°N 67.1415°W | ||
15 | Hard Rock Guitar Hotel | United States | Hollywood, Florida | 2019 | Fresh water | 26.0517°N -80.2093°W | |||
16 | Nakache été | France | Toulouse | [12] [13] | 1933 | Fresh water | 43.5858°N 1.4354°W | ||
17 | Sunlite Pool | United States | Cincinnati | 1925 | Fresh water | 39.0548°N -84.4175°W | |||
18 | Bronte Creek Provincial Park | Oakville, Ontario | [14] | 1972 | Fresh water | ||||
19 | Balmorhea State Park | United States | Balmorhea | [15] | 1930s[16] | Fresh water | 30.9444°N -103.7833°W | ||
20 | Freibad | Germany | Ensdorf | Municipal water | 49.3113°N 6.7886°W | ||||
21 | Hansen Dam Recreation Center | United States | Los Angeles | [17] [18] | 1998 | Municipal water | 34.2705°N -118.3891°W | ||
22 | North Park Pool | United States | Pittsburgh | [19] | 1937 | Municipal water | 2,250,000 gal. | 40° 35' 19.6002"N79° 59' 41.6466"W | |
23 | Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool | United States | Oak Ridge | [20] | 1944[21] | Fresh water | 36.016°N -84.2658°W | ||
24 | Astoria Park Pool | United States | New York City | [22] | 1936 | Fresh water | 40.7789°N -73.9224°W | ||
25 | Pearce Pool | United States | Jackson | [23] | 1960s[24] | Fresh water | 31.5029°N -87.8884°W | ||
26 | Tooting Bec Lido | London | [25] | 1906 | Fresh water | 51° 25′ 54″ N, 0° 8′ 21″ W | |||
27 | Budlong Pool | United States | Cranston, Rhode Island | [26] | 1950s | Municipal water | |||
28 | Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory | United States | Houston | [27] | 1995 | 29.6071°N -95.1436°W |
Swimming pool | Country | City | Opened | Notes | Coordinates |
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Marina Bay Sands | Singapore | Downtown Core | 2010 | World's highest and longest rooftop infinity pool at 650abbr=offNaNabbr=off high[29] and 150m (490feet) long[30] | 1.2831°N 103.8596°W |
Deep Dive Dubai | Dubai | 2020 | World's deepest pool at 60.02m (196.92feet) deep[31] | 25.1278°N 55.2951°W | |