List of tallest buildings facts for kids

The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2010. The Burj Khalifa has been classified as megatall.

A diagram showing the tallest buildings as of 2024

This is a list of the tallest buildings. Tall buildings, such as skyscrapers, are intended here as enclosed structures with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least 340 metres (1,120 ft). Such definition excludes non-building structures, such as towers.

History

Historically, the world's tallest man-made structure was the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which held the position for over 3800 years until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311. The Strasbourg Cathedral in France, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building until 1874.

The first skyscraper was pioneered in Chicago with the 138 ft (42.1 m) Home Insurance Building in 1885. The United States would remain the location of the world's tallest building throughout the 20th century until 1998, when the Petronas Towers were completed. Since then, two other buildings have gained the title: Taipei 101 in 2004 and Burj Khalifa in 2010. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia have experienced booms in skyscraper construction.

Ranking criteria and alternatives

The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world. The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft). However, the CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete, and some buildings included within the lists in this article are not considered finished by the CTBUH.

In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Sears Tower was taller, the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:

• height to structural or architectural top;
• height to floor of highest occupied floor;
• height to top of roof (removed as category in November 2009); and
• height to top of any part of the building.

All categories measure the building from the level of the lowest significant open-air pedestrian entrance.

Spires are considered integral parts of the architectural design of buildings, changes to which would substantially change the appearance and design of the building, whereas antennas may be added or removed without such consequences. The Petronas Towers, with their spires, are thus ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roofs and lower highest point.

Until 1996, the world's tallest building was defined by the height to the top of the tallest architectural element, including spires but not antennae. In 1930, this definitional argument led to a rivalry between the Bank of Manhattan Building and the Chrysler Building. The Bank of Manhattan Building (i.e. 40 Wall Street) employed only a short spire, was 282.5 m (927 ft) tall, and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.

Upset by Chrysler's victory, Shreve & Lamb, the consulting architects of the Bank of Manhattan Building, wrote a newspaper article claiming that their building was actually the tallest, since it contained the world's highest usable floor, at 255 m (837 ft). They pointed out that the observation deck in the Bank of Manhattan Building was nearly 30 m (98 ft) above the top floor in the Chrysler Building, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and inaccessible.

The Burj Khalifa currently tops the list by some margin, regardless of which criterion is applied.

Tallest buildings in the world

As of 21 December 2024, this list includes all 97 buildings (completed and architecturally topped out) that reach a height of 340 m (1,120 ft) or more, as assessed by their highest architectural feature. The building is considered as architecturally topped out when it is under construction, structurally topped out, fully clad, and the highest finished architectural elements are in place.

Of these buildings, almost half are in China. Six of the last seven buildings to have held the record as 'tallest building' are still found in the list, with the exception being the North Tower of the original World Trade Center at 417 m (1,368 ft) after its destruction in the September 11 attacks of 2001. If the Twin Towers were never destroyed, and One World Trade Center was never built, the WTC towers would rank 36 and 37 on the list today.

	Name	Height		Floors	Image	City	Country	Year	Ref
		m	ft
1	Burj Khalifa	828.0 m	2,717 ft	163 (+ 2 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2010
2	Merdeka 118	678.9 m	2,227 ft	118 (+ 5 below ground)		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2023
3	Shanghai Tower	632.0 m	2,073 ft	128 (+ 5 below ground)		Shanghai	China	2015
4	Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower	601.0 m	1,972 ft	120 (+ 3 below ground)		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	2012
5	Ping An International Finance Centre	599.1 m	1,966 ft	115 (+ 5 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	2017
6	Lotte World Tower	554.5 m	1,819 ft	123 (+ 6 below ground)		Seoul	South Korea	2017
7	One World Trade Center	541.3 m	1,776 ft	94 (+ 5 below ground)		New York City	United States	2014
8	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	530.0	1,740	111 (+ 5 below ground)		Guangzhou	China	2016
	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre			97 (+ 4 below ground)		Tianjin		2019
10	CITIC Tower	527.7 m	1,731 ft	109 (+ 8 below ground)		Beijing		2018
11	Taipei 101	508.0 m	1,667 ft	101 (+ 5 below ground)		Taipei	Taiwan	2004
12	Shanghai World Financial Center	492.0 m	1,614 ft	101 (+ 3 below ground)		Shanghai	China	2008
13	International Commerce Centre	484.0 m	1,588 ft	108 (+ 4 below ground)		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2010
14	Wuhan Greenland Center	475.6 m	1,560 ft	101 (+ 6 below ground)		Wuhan	China	2023
15	Central Park Tower	472.4 m	1,550 ft	98 (+ 4 below ground)		New York City	United States	2021
16	Lakhta Center	462.0 m	1,516 ft	87 (+ 3 below ground)		Saint Petersburg	Russia	2019
17	Landmark 81	461.2 m	1,513 ft	81 (+ 3 below ground)		Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	2018
18	Chongqing International Land-Sea Center	458.0 m	1,503 ft	98 (+ 4 below ground)		Chongqing	China	2024
19	The Exchange 106	453.6 m	1,488 ft	95 (+ 6 below ground)		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2019
20	Changsha IFS Tower T1	452.1 m	1,483 ft	94 (+ 5 below ground)		Changsha	China	2018
21	Petronas Tower 1	451.9	1,483	88 (+ 5 below ground)		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1998
	Petronas Tower 2
23	Zifeng Tower	450.0	1,480	89 (+ 5 below ground)		Nanjing	China	2010
	Suzhou IFS			95 (+ 5 below ground)		Suzhou		2019
25	Wuhan Center	443.1 m	1,454 ft	88 (+ 4 below ground)		Wuhan		2019
26	Willis Tower	442.1 m	1,450 ft	108 (+ 3 below ground)		Chicago	United States	1974
27	KK100	441.8 m	1,449 ft	98 (+ 4 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	2011
28	Guangzhou International Finance Center	438.6 m	1,439 ft	101 (+ 4 below ground)		Guangzhou		2010
29	111 West 57th Street	435.3 m	1,428 ft	84 (+ 2 below ground)		New York City	United States	2021
30	Shandong International Financial Center	428 m	1,404 ft	88 (+ 4 below ground)		Jinan	China	2023	-->
31	One Vanderbilt	427.0 m	1,401 ft	62 (+ 4 below ground)		New York City	United States	2020
32	432 Park Avenue	425.7 m	1,397 ft	85 (+ 3 below ground)				2015
33	Marina 101	425.0 m	1,394 ft	101 (+ 6 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017
34	Trump International Hotel and Tower	423.2 m	1,388 ft	98 (+ 2 below ground)		Chicago	United States	2009
35	Dongguan International Trade Center 1	422.6 m	1,386 ft	85 (+ 3 below ground)		Dongguan	China	2021
36	Jin Mao Tower	420.5 m	1,380 ft	88 (+ 3 below ground)		Shanghai		1999
37	Princess Tower	413.4 m	1,356 ft	101 (+ 6 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012
38	Al Hamra Tower	412.6 m	1,354 ft	80 (+ 3 below ground)		Kuwait City	Kuwait	2011
39	Two International Finance Centre	412.0 m	1,352 ft	88 (+ 6 below ground)		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2003
40	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	411.6 m	1,350 ft	101 (+ 5 below ground)		Busan	South Korea	2019
41	Guangxi China Resources Tower	402.7 m	1,321 ft	86 (+ 3 below ground)		Nanning	China	2020
42	Guiyang International Financial Center T1	401.0 m	1,316 ft	79 (+ 5 below ground)		Guiyang		2020
43	Iconic Tower	393.8 m	1,292 ft	77 (+ 2 below ground)		New Administrative Capital	Egypt	2023
44	China Resources Tower	392.5 m	1,288 ft	68 (+ 5 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	2018
45	23 Marina	392.4 m	1,287 ft	88 (+ 4 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012
46	CITIC Plaza	390.2 m	1,280 ft	80 (+ 2 below ground)		Guangzhou	China	1996
47	Citymark Centre	388.3 m	1,274 ft	70 (+ 7 below ground)		Shenzhen		2022
48	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	388.1 m	1,273 ft	80 (+ 3 below ground)				2020
49	30 Hudson Yards	387.1 m	1,270 ft	73 (+ 1 below ground)		New York City	United States	2019
50	Public Investment Fund Tower	385.0 m	1,263 ft	72 (+ 4 below ground)		Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	2021
51	Shun Hing Square	384.0 m	1,260 ft	69 (+ 3 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	1996
52	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	383.2 m	1,257 ft	80 (+ 4 below ground)		Dalian		2016
53	Autograph Tower	382.9 m	1,256 ft	75 (+ 6 below ground)		Jakarta	Indonesia	2022
54	Logan Century Center 1	381.3 m	1,251 ft	82 (+ 4 below ground)		Nanning	China	2018
55	Burj Mohammed bin Rashid	381.2 m	1,251 ft	88 (+ 5 below ground)		Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2014
56	Empire State Building	381.0 m	1,250 ft	102 (+ 1 below ground)		New York City	United States	1931
57	Elite Residence	380.5 m	1,248 ft	87 (+ 4 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012
58	Riverview Plaza	376.0 m	1,234 ft	73 (+ 3 below ground)		Wuhan	China	2021
59	Dabaihui Plaza	375.6 m	1,232 ft	70 (+ 4 below ground)		Shenzhen		2021
60	Central Plaza	373.9 m	1,227 ft	78 (+ 3 below ground)		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1992
61	Federation Tower (East Tower)	373.7 m	1,226 ft	93 (+ 4 below ground)		Moscow	Russia	2016
62	Hengfeng Guiyang Center Tower 1	373.5 m	1,225 ft	77 (+ 5 below ground)		Guiyang	China	2023	-->
63	Dalian International Trade Center	370.2 m	1,215 ft	86 (+ 7 below ground)		Dalian		2019
64	Address Boulevard	370.0 m	1,214 ft	73 (+ 3 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017
65	Haitian Center Tower 2	368.9 m	1,210 ft	73 (+ 6 below ground)		Qingdao	China	2021
66	Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A	368.1 m	1,208 ft	77 (+ 4 below ground)		Nanjing		2019
67	Bank of China Tower	367.4 m	1,205 ft	72 (+ 4 below ground)		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1990
68	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m	1,200 ft	55 (+ 3 below ground)		New York City	United States	2009
69	St. Regis Chicago	362.9 m	1,191 ft	92 (+ 5 below ground)		Chicago		2020
70	Almas Tower	360.0 m	1,181 ft	68 (+ 5 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2008
70	Jinan Ping An Finance Center Tower 1	360 m	1,181 ft	62 (+ 3 below ground)		Jinan	China	2023
71	Hanking Center	358.9 m	1,177 ft	65 (+ 5 below ground)		Shenzhen		2018
72	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	358.0 m	1,175 ft	77 (+ 3 below ground)		Suzhou		2022
73	Gevora Hotel	356.3 m	1,169 ft	75 (+ 2 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017
74	Galaxy World Tower 1	356.0	1,168	71 (+ 5 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	2023
	Galaxy World Tower 2
	Il Primo Tower	356.0 m	1,168 ft	79		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2022
77	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1	355.4	1,166	82 (+ 2 below ground)				2012
	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2							2013
79	Emirates Office Tower	354.6 m	1,163 ft	54				2000
80	Raffles City Chongqing T3N	354.5	1,163	79 (+ 3 below ground)		Chongqing	China	2019
	Raffles City Chongqing T4N			74 (+ 3 below ground)
82	OKO – South Tower	354.2 m	1,162 ft	90 (+ 2 below ground)		Moscow	Russia	2015
83	The Marina Torch	352.0 m	1,155 ft	86 (+ 4 below ground)		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2011
84	Forum 66 Tower 1	350.6 m	1,150 ft	68 (+ 4 below ground)		Shenyang	China	2015
85	The Pinnacle	350.3 m	1,149 ft	60 (+ 6 below ground)		Guangzhou		2012
86	Xi'an Glory International Financial Center	350.0 m	1,148 ft	75 (+ 4 below ground)		Xi'an		2021
87	Spring City 66	349.0 m	1,145 ft	61 (+ 4 below ground)		Kunming		2020
88	85 Sky Tower	347.5 m	1,140 ft	85 (+ 5 below ground)		Kaoshiung	Taiwan	1997
89	Aon Center	346.3 m	1,136 ft	83 (+ 5 below ground)		Chicago	United States	1973
90	The Center	346.0 m	1,135 ft	73 (+ 3 below ground)		Hong Kong	China	1998
91	Neva Tower 2	345.0 m	1,132 ft	79 (+ 3 below ground)		Moscow	Russia	2020
92	875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center)	343.7 m	1,128 ft	100 (+ 1 below ground)		Chicago	United States	1969
93	Shimao Global Financial Center	343.0 m	1,125 ft	74 (+ 4 below ground)		Changsha	China	2020
94	Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur	342.5 m	1,124 ft	75 (+ 4 below ground)		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2018
95	ADNOC Headquarters	342 m	1,122 ft	65 (+ 2 below ground)		Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2015
96	Comcast Technology Center	341.7	1,121	60		Philadelphia	United States	2018
97	One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7	341.4 m	1,120 ft	71 (+ 3 below ground)		Shenzhen	China	2018

Alternative measurements

Height to pinnacle (highest point)

Tallest buildings by pinnacle height, including all masts, poles, antennae, etc. in 2014

This measurement disregards distinctions between architectural and non-architectural extensions, and simply measures to the highest point, irrespective of material or function of the highest element.

This measurement is useful for air traffic obstacle determinations, and is also a wholly objective measure. However, this measurement includes extensions that are easily added, removed, and modified from a building and are independent of the overall structure.

This measurement only recently came into use, when the Petronas Towers passed the Sears Tower (now named Willis Tower) in height. The former was considered taller because its spires were considered architectural, while the latter's antennae were not. This led to the split of definitions, with the Sears Tower claiming the lead in this and the height-to-roof (now highest occupied floor) categories, and with the Petronas claiming the lead in the architectural height category.

If the World Trade Center towers were still standing, the North (1,368 feet (417 m)) and South Towers (1,362 feet (415.1 m)) would fall between numbers 35 and 36 on the current list (it can be assumed the rebuilt One World Trade Center would have never been built).

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa†	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	829.8 m	2,722 ft	163	2010
2	Merdeka 118†	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	680.1 m	2,231 ft	118	2023
3	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	632 m	2,073 ft	128	2015
4	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601 m	1,971 ft	120	2012
5	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	599.1 m	1,965 ft	115	2016
6	Lotte World Tower†	Seoul	South Korea	555.7 m	1,823 ft	123	2016
7	One World Trade Center†	New York City	United States	546.2 m	1,792 ft	104	2014
8	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre†	Tianjin	China	530.4 m	1,740 ft	98	2019
9	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m	1,739 ft	111	2016
10	China Zun	Beijing	China	528 m	1,732 ft	108	2018
11	Willis Tower†	Chicago	United States	527 m	1,729 ft	108	1974
12	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508 m	1,667 ft	101	2004
13	Shanghai World Financial Center†	Shanghai	China	494.3 m	1,622 ft	101	2008
14	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	484 m	1,588 ft	118	2010
15	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	China	475.6 m	1,560 ft	97	2021
16	Central Park Tower	New York City	United States	472.4 m	1,550 ft	98	2020
17	Landmark 81†	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	469.5 m	1,540 ft	81	2018
18	Lakhta Center	St. Petersburg	Russia	462 m	1,516 ft	86	2019
19	International Land-Sea Center	Chongqing	China	458.2 m	1,503 ft	98	2022
20	John Hancock Center†	Chicago	United States	456.9 m	1,499 ft	100	1969
21	The Exchange 106	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	453.6 m	1,488 ft	95	2019
22	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	452.1 m	1,483 ft	94	2018
23	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
23	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
25	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2010
25	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	China	450 m	1,476 ft	98	2019
27	Empire State Building†	New York City	United States	443.2 m	1,454 ft	102	1931
28	Kingkey 100	Shenzhen	China	441.8 m	1,449 ft	100	2011
29	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	438.6 m	1,445 ft	103	2009
30	Wuhan Center	Wuhan	China	438 m	1,437 ft	88	2019
31	111 West 57th Street	New York City	United States	435.3 m	1,428 ft	82	2020
32	Dongguan International Trade Center 1	Dongguan	China	426.9 m	1,401 ft	88	2020
33	One Vanderbilt	New York City	United States	427 m	1,401 ft	58	2020
34	432 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	425.5 m	1,396 ft	85	2015
35	Marina 101	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	425 m	1,394 ft	101	2017
36	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	United States	423.2 m	1,388 ft	96	2009
37	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,381 ft	88	1998
38	Princess Tower†	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	414 m	1,358 ft	101	2012
39	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	412.6 m	1,354 ft	80	2010
40	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	China	412 m	1,352 ft	88	2003
41	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	South Korea	411.6 m	1,350 ft	101	2019
42	Guangxi China Resources Tower	Nanning	China	402.7 m	1,321 ft	85	2019
43	Guiyang Financial Center Tower 1	Guiyang	China	401 m	1,316 ft	79	2021

Height to occupied floor

Tallest buildings by highest occupied floor in 2022.

This height is measured to the highest occupiable floor within the building.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height	Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	585.4 m (1,921 ft)	163	2010
2	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	583.4 m (1,914 ft)	128	2015
3	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	562.2 m (1,844 ft)	115	2016
4	China Zun	Beijing	China	515.5 m (1,691 ft)	108	2018
5	Merdeka 118	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	502.8 m (1,650 ft)	118	2023
6	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	497.6 m (1,633 ft)	123	2016
7	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	495.5 m (1,626 ft)	111	2016
8	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	494.4 m (1,622 ft)	120	2012
9	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	474 m (1,555 ft)	101	2008
10	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	468.8 m (1,538 ft)	118	2010
11	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	China	439.4 m (1,442 ft)	97	2018
12	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	438 m (1,437 ft)	101	2004
13	Central Park Tower	New York City	United States	431.8 m (1,417 ft)	98	2020
14	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	431 m (1,414 ft)	94	2017
15	International Land-Sea Center	Chongqing	China	429.8 m (1,410 ft)	98	2022
16	KK100	Shenzhen	China	427.1 m (1,401 ft)	98	2011
17	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	415.1 m (1,362 ft)	101	2010
18	Willis Tower	Chicago	United States	412.7 m (1,354 ft)	108	1974

Height to roof

This list of tallest buildings by height to roof ranks completed skyscrapers by height to roof which reach a height of 300 metres (984 ft) or more. Only buildings with continuously occupiable floors are included, thus non-building structures including towers, are not included. Some assessments of the tallest building use 'height to roof' to determine tallest building, as 'architectural feature' is regarded as a subjective and an imprecise comparative measure. However, in November 2009, the CTBUH stopped using the roof height as the metric for tall buildings because modern tall buildings rarely have a part of the building that can categorically be deemed the roof.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Built	Reference
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	739.4 m	2,426 ft	163	2010
2	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	587.4 m	2,073 ft	127	2015
3	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	562 m	1,821 ft	115	2016
4	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	530.0 m	1,740 ft	120	2012
5	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m	1,739 ft	111	2016
6	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	China	530 m	1,739 ft	97	2019
7	Merdeka 118	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	520.9 m	1,709 ft	118	2023
8	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	497.6 m	1,633 ft	123	2016
9	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	487.41 m	1,599 ft	101	2008
10	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	479.83 m	1,574 ft	118	2010
11	Central Park Tower	New York City	United States	472.44 m	1,550 ft	131	2019
12	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	449.20 m	1,471 ft	101	2004
13	Willis Tower	Chicago	United States	442.14 m	1,451 ft	108	1974
14	KK100	Shenzhen	China	442.0 m	1,449 ft	100	2011	-->
15	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	432.00 m	1,417 ft	103	2009
16	432 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	425.5 m	1,396 ft	96	2015	-->
17	One World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417.0 m	1,368 ft	104	2014
18	International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	401.1 m	1,316 ft	88	2003
21	Princess Tower	Dubai	UAE	392.0 m	1,286 ft	101	2012
22	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	382.5 m	1,255 ft	88	1998
23	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	381.3 m	1,251 ft	89	2009
24	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381.0 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
25=	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.5 m	1,250 ft	88	1998
25=	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	378.5 m	1,250 ft	88	1998
26	Marina 101	Dubai	UAE	371.0 m	1,207 ft	80	2014
27	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	368.0 m	1,207 ft	80	2011
28	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	United States	357.8 m	1,174 ft	96	2009
29	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	347.5 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
30	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346.25 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
31	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343.5 m	1,127 ft	100	1969
32	Mercury City Tower	Moscow	Russia	339.0 m	1,112 ft	75	2012
33	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	China	333.0 m	1,093 ft	74	2008
34	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330.0 m	1,083 ft	105	1992
35	The Index	Dubai	UAE	328.0 m	1,076 ft	80	2009
36	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	324.8 m	1,066 ft	69	1996
37	Four Seasons Place KLCC	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	323 m	1,076 ft	74	2018
38	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	321.9 m	1,056 ft	80	1997
39	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	318.8 m	1,046 ft	80	2006
40	Rose Tower	Dubai	UAE	315.0 m	1,033 ft	72	2008
41	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	315.0 m	1,033 ft	72	1990
42	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	311.8 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
43	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	UAE	311.0 m	1,020 ft	56	2000
44	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	United States	310.3 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
45	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	309.9 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
46	Almas Tower	Dubai	UAE	310.0 m	1,017 ft	74	2008
47	The Shard	London	United Kingdom	310.0 m	1,017 ft	72	2012
48	Varso Tower	Warsaw	Poland	310.0 m	1,017 ft	53	2022
49	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	309.0 m	1,014 ft	78	1992
50	One57	New York City	United States	306m	1,005 ft	73	2014
51	The Address Downtown Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	306.0 m	1,004 ft	78	2008
52	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305.4 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
53	Northeast Asia Trade Tower	Incheon	South Korea	305.1 m	1,001 ft	68	2010
54	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304.0 m	997 ft	85	1997
55	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302.4 m	992 ft	71	1983
56	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	302.0 m	991 ft	41	2002
57	Moscow Tower	Moscow	Russia	302.0 m	989 ft	76	2010	-->

Buildings under construction

This is a list of buildings taller than 350 m that are currently under construction. On-hold buildings whose construction was interrupted after it had reached a significantly advanced state are listed in a separate table.

Under construction

Rank	Building	Planned architectural height	Floors	Planned completion	Country	City	Ref.
1	Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences	595 m (1,952 ft)	105	2026	UAE	Dubai
2	The Line	500 m (1,640 ft.)	?	2030	Saudi Arabia	Neom
3	China International Silk Road Center	498 m (1,634 ft)	101	2025	China	Xi'an
4	Fuyuan Zhongshan 108 IFC	498 m (1,634 ft)	108	2029	China	Zhongshan
5	Panda Tower - Tianfu Center	488.9 m (1,604 ft)	95	2026	China	Chengdu
6	North Bund Tower	480 m (1,575 ft)	97	2027	China	Shanghai
7	Torre Rise	475 m (1,559 ft)	88	2026	Mexico	Monterrey
8	Wuhan CTF Centre	475 m (1,558 ft)	84	2026	China	Wuhan
9	Fosun Bund Center T1	470 m (1,540 ft)	?	?	China	Wuhan
10	Suzhou Center North Tower	470 m (1,540 ft)	?	2024	China	Suzhou
11	Guohua Financial Center Tower 1	465 m (1,526 ft)	79	?	China	Wuhan
12	China Resources Land Center	450 m (1,480 ft)	98	?	China	Dongguan
13	One Bangkok	436.1 m (1,431 ft)	92	2025	Thailand	Bangkok
14	Burj Almasa	432 m (1,417 ft)	93	2027	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah
15	Shandong International Financial Center	428 m (1,404 ft)	88	2023	China	Jinan
16	Haikou Tower 1	428 m (1,404 ft)	93	2027	China	Haikou
17	Nanjing Financial City Tower 1	426 m (1,398 ft)	88	2024	China	Nanjing
18	JPMorgan Chase Building	423 m (1,388 ft)	63	2025	United States	New York City
19	Ningbo Center Tower 1	409 m (1,342 ft)	80	2024	China	Ningbo
20	Wuhan Yangtze River Center Tower	400 m (1,300 ft)	82	2025	China	Wuhan
21	Mukaab	400 m (1,300 ft)	?	2030	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
22	Hangzhou West Railway Station Hub Tower 1	399.8 m (1,312 ft)	83	?	China	Hangzhou
23	Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-1	394 m (1,293 ft)	78	2027	China	Shenzhen
24	Iconic Tower	393.8 m (1,292 ft)	77	2023	Egypt	Cairo
25	Haiyun Plaza Tower 1	390 m (1,280 ft)	86	2024	China	Rizhao
26	China Merchants Bank Global Headquarters	387.4 m (1,271 ft)	74	?	China	Shenzhen
27	Tour F	385.8 m (1,266 ft)	64	?	Ivory Coast	Abidjan
28	Shekou Prince Bay Tower	380 m (1,250 ft)	70	?	China	Shenzhen
29	Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre	379.9 m (1,246 ft)	83	?	China	Shenzhen
30	Guangdong Business Center	375.5 m (1,232 ft)	60	2024	China	Guangzhou
31	China Merchants Prince Bay Tower	374 m (1,227 ft)	59	2028	China	Shenzhen
32	Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1	370 m (1,210 ft)	67	2024	China	Shanghai
33	Lucheng Square	369 m (1,211 ft)	75	?	China	Wenzhou
34	Taipei Twin Tower 1	369 m (1,211 ft)	74	2027	Taiwan	Taipei
35	Hengli Global Operations Headquarters Tower 1	369 m (1,211 ft)	?	2024	China	Suzhou
36	Ciel Tower	365.5 m (1,199 ft)	81	2023	UAE	Dubai
37	Huiyun Center	359.2 m (1,178 ft)	80	2022	China	Shenzhen
38	Naga Tower 1	358 m (1,175 ft)	70	2026	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
39	City Tower 1	358 m (1,175 ft)	94	2025	UAE	Dubai
40	Fosun Bund Center T2	356 m (1,168 ft)	?	?	China	Wuhan
41	Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-2	355.7 m (1,167 ft)	68	2027	China	Shenzhen
42	Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Building	352 m (1,155 ft)	59	2024	Turkey	Istanbul
43	Guohong Center	350 m (1,150 ft)	71	2025	China	Wenzhou
44	Guowei ZY Plaza	350 m (1,150 ft)	62	?	China	Zhuhai
45	China Resources Huafu Tower	350 m (1,150 ft)	?	?	China	Shenzhen
46	Poly Liangxi Plaza	350 m (1,150 ft)	?	?	China	Foshan

On Hold

Rank	Building	Planned architectural height	Floors	Planned completion	Country	City	Ref.
1	Jeddah Tower	1,000 m (3,300 ft)	167+	?	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah
2	Goldin Finance 117	597 m (1,959 ft)	117	?	China	Tianjin
3	Pentominium Tower	516 m (1,693 ft)	122	2027	UAE	Dubai
4	Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	499.8 m (1,640 ft)	102	2025	China	Nanjing
5	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	499.2 m (1,638 ft)	103	2025	China	Suzhou
6	HeXi Yuzui Tower A	498.8 m (1,636 ft)	84	2025	China	Nanjing
7	Chushang Building	475 m (1,558 ft)	111	2025	China	Wuhan
8	Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	101	2024	China	Chengdu
9	Marina 106	445 m (1,460 ft)	104	2026	UAE	Dubai
10	Greenland Center Tower 1	428 m (1,404 ft)	?	?	China	Kunming
11	Dongfeng Plaza Landmark Tower	407 m (1,335 ft)	100	2024	China	Kunming
12	Icon Towers 1	384 m (1,260 ft)	77	2029	Indonesia	Jakarta
13	Greenland Star City Light Tower	379.9 m (1,246 ft)	83	2025	China	Changsha
14	Ping An IFC	373 m (1,224 ft)	?	?	China	Nanchang
15	Global Port Tower 1	350 m (1,150 ft)	?	2024	China	Lanzhou
15=	Global Port Tower 2	350 m (1,150 ft)	?	2024	China	Lanzhou

List by continent

The following list shows the tallest completed buildings located on each continent listed by greatest to least height (click on name of continent for continent-specific list):

Continent	Building	Height	Floor count	Completed	Country	City
Asia	Burj Khalifa	828 m (2,717 ft)	163	2010	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
North America	One World Trade Center	541.3 m (1,776 ft)	94	2014	United States	New York City
Europe	Lakhta Center	462 m (1,516 ft)	86	2018	Russia	Saint Petersburg
Africa	Iconic Tower	393.8 m (1,292 ft)	79	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Oceania	Q1	323 m (1,060 ft)	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast
South America	Gran Torre Santiago	300 m (980 ft)	64	2012	Chile	Santiago
Antarctica	Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings	15 m (49 ft)	1	2005	-	McMurdo Station

Countries with most buildings on list

The following list shows the countries whose buildings are featured on the main list of world's tallest buildings (first list featured above), in order from most amount of buildings on the list to least amount of buildings on the list.

Rank	Country	Number of skyscrapers on list	City with most skyscrapers on list	Tallest building	Height of tallest building
1	China	50	Shenzhen	Shanghai Tower	632.0 m (2,073.5 ft)
2	United Arab Emirates	14	Dubai	Burj Khalifa	828.0 m (2,716.5 ft)
3	United States	13	New York City	One World Trade Center	541.3 m (1,776 ft)
4	Malaysia	5	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka 118	678.9 m (2,227 ft)
5	Russia	4	Moscow	Lakhta Center	462.0 m (1,515.7 ft)
6	Saudi Arabia	2	Mecca; Riyadh	Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower	601.0 m (1,971.8 ft)
	South Korea	2	Seoul; Busan	Lotte World Tower	554.5 m (1,819 ft)
	Taiwan	2	Taipei; Kaoshiung	Taipei 101	508.0 m (1,666.7 ft)
9	Vietnam	1	Ho Chi Minh City	Landmark 81	461.2 m (1,513 ft)
	Kuwait	1	Kuwait City	Al Hamra Tower	412.6 m (1,354 ft)
	Egypt	1	New Administrative Capital	Iconic Tower	393.8 m (1,292 ft)
	Indonesia	1	Jakarta	Autograph Tower	382.9 m (1,256 ft)

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Rascacielos más altos del mundo para niños

• List of tallest freestanding structures
• List of tallest towers
• List of supertall skyscrapers
• List of buildings with 100 floors or more
• History of the world's tallest buildings
• Skyscraper Index
• Vanity height
• List of tallest buildings in Europe
• List of tallest buildings in Asia
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania
• List of tallest buildings in North America
• List of tallest buildings in South America
• List of tallest buildings in Africa