Officially the world's biggest stadium when it opened in North Korean capital Pyongyang in 1989, boasting a capacity of 150,000 at the time.
Since then the area has been redeveloped, turning it all-seater and reducing the capacity although North Korea have yet to officially give a new figure.
But stadium experts have analysed plans, photos and scale and the new total is widely accepted to be 114,000.
The Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang
2 Michigan Stadium -107,601
Home to the University of Michigan American Football team, originally built in 1927 at a cost of £850,000.
Nicknamed 'The Big House', the Wolverines have drawn a crowd of over 100,000 for every home match since November 1975 - a run stretching more than 200 games.
The venue is also used for other sports and in 2014 hosted a pre-season match between Manchester United and Real Madrid that drew a crowd of 109,318.
Michigan Stadium
3 BeaverStadium - 106,572
Home ground to Penn State, and built on the Pennsylvania State University campus - regarded as one of the most intimidating grounds for opposition teams to visit in college football.
The Beaver Stadium
4 Ohio Stadium- 104,944
Nicknamed 'The Horeshoe', the stadium in Columbus is home to Ohio State Buckeyes and the Ohio State University Marching Band.
Built on the campus of the University, was also used as the home ground of MLS side Columus Crew until they moved into their own stadium in 1999.
The Ohio Stadium
5 Kyle Field -102,733
Home to the Texas A&M Aggie college football team since 1904, in College Station, Texas.
Has a record attendance of 110,631 set in 2014 but the capacity has since been reduced.
Kyle Field
6 Neyland Stadium -102,455
Named after former Tennessee Volunteers Head Coach Robert Neyland, the stadium in Knoxville was originally built in 1921 and has since undergone 16 expansion programmes.
Neyland Stadium
7 Tiger Stadium- 102,321
Known as Death Valley, the arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the home ground of Louisiana State University.
In 1931, student dormitories were built into the stadium, before being phased out and turned into offices in the 1980s.
Tiger Stadium
8 Bryant-Denny Stadium - 101,821
Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and home to the University of Alabama college team.
Named after school president George Denny, until long-serving coach Paul Bryant had his name added in 1975.
Bryant-Denny Stadium
9 DarrelK RoyalTexas Memorial Stadium - 100,119
Built in 1924 to house the University of Texas college ball team in Austin, the are plans in place to increase the size of the arena in the next ten years to become the biggest in the US, although no official capacity has been submitted.
Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium
10 Melbourne CricketGround - 100,024
Currently the biggest cricket stadium in the world, has also hosted the 1956 Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games and two Cricket World Cups.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
11 NouCamp -99,354
Home ground of Barcelona since it was built in 1957, has also staged two Champions League finals and a World Cup semi-final in 1982.
Nou Camp
12 Soccer City -94,736
Home stadium of South African side Kaizer Chiefs and the country's national team, was used as the venue for the 2010 World Cup final.
Soccer City
13 Los AngelesMemorial Coliseum - 93,607
Currently home stadium for the University of Southern California and the NFL LA Rams franchise, has twice hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984.
LA Coliseum
14 SanfordStadium -92,746
University of Georgia home stadium in Athens, Georgia that incorporates prviet hedges in the design of the stadium and in the end zones.
Sanford Stadium
15 RoseBowl-92,542
Staged the 1994 World Cup final and now hosts home matches for UCLA.
Pasadena Rose Bowl
16 CottonBowl -92,100
Built on the site of the Texas State Fair in Dallas, formerly the home ground of the Dallas Cowboys.
Cotton Bowl
17 WembleyStadium -90,000
Rebuilt in 2007, is now the home stadium for the England national team and also hosts pop concerts and boxing matches.
Wembley Stadium
18 BenHill GriffinStadium - 88,548
Known as The Swamp, the stadium in Gainesville, Florida, is home to the Florida Gators college team.
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
19 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium- 88,306
A multi-purpose venue build in Jakarta, Indonesia, is the home ground of the Indonesian national team.
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
20 Jordan-Hare Stadium -87,451
Aubern University's home stadium
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