It turns out that it is not only China that covets the largest, the most, the most XX, and the Chilean friends who are farthest from us are also happy to do so. Although completed at the end of 2006, this giant pool is still the largest swimming mecca in the world, let's look at the numbers: the pool is 1,000 yards long (about 914 meters), covers 20 acres (about 81,000 square meters), reaches a maximum depth of 115 feet (about 35 meters), can hold 66 million gallons of water (about 250,000 cubic meters).