List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world
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.
Historically, the world's tallest man-made structure was the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which held the position for over 3800 years[3] until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311. The Strasbourg Cathedral in France, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building until 1874.
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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.[4] Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia have experienced booms in skyscraper construction.[5]
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.[6] The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft).[6] 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,[7] the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:[8]
- height to structural or architectural top;
- height to floor of highest occupied floor;
- height to top of roof (removed as category in November 2009);[9] 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.[10]
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.[8]
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.[8] 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.[11]
The Burj Khalifa currently tops the list by some margin, regardless of which criterion is applied.[12][13]
As of 23 April 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.[10]
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.
Clear | Denotes building that is or was once the tallest in the world |
Name | Height[14] | Floors | Image | City | Country | Year | |||
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m | ft | ||||||||
1 | Burj Khalifa | 828.0 | 2,717 | 163 (+ 2 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2010 | [15] | |
2 | Merdeka 118 | 678.9 | 2,227 | 118 (+ 5 below ground) | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2023 | [16] | |
3 | Shanghai Tower | 632.0 | 2,073 | 128 (+ 5 below ground) | Shanghai | China | 2015 | [17] | |
4 | Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower | 601.0 | 1,972 | 120 (+ 3 below ground) | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 2012 | [18] | |
5 | Ping An International Finance Centre | 599.1 | 1,966 | 115 (+ 5 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 2017 | [19] | |
6 | Lotte World Tower | 554.5 | 1,819 | 123 (+ 6 below ground) | Seoul | South Korea | 2017 | [20] | |
7 | One World Trade Center | 541.3 | 1,776 | 94 (+ 5 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2014 | [21] | |
8 | Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | 530.0 | 1,740 | 111 (+ 5 below ground) | Guangzhou | China | 2016 | [22] | |
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | 97 (+ 4 below ground) | Tianjin | 2019 | [23] | |||||
10 | CITIC Tower | 527.7 | 1,731 | 109 (+ 8 below ground) | Beijing | 2018 | [24] | ||
11 | Taipei 101 | 508.0 | 1,667 | 101 (+ 5 below ground) | Taipei | Taiwan | 2004 | [lower-alpha 1][25] | |
12 | Shanghai World Financial Center | 492.0 | 1,614 | 101 (+ 3 below ground) | Shanghai | China | 2008 | [26] | |
13 | International Commerce Centre | 484.0 | 1,588 | 108 (+ 4 below ground) | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2010 | [27] | |
14 | Wuhan Greenland Center | 475.6 | 1,560 | 101 (+ 6 below ground) | Wuhan | China | 2023 | [28] | |
15 | Central Park Tower | 472.4 | 1,550 | 98 (+ 4 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2021 | [29] | |
16 | Lakhta Center | 462.0 | 1,516 | 87 (+ 3 below ground) | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 2019 | [30] | |
17 | Landmark 81 | 461.2 | 1,513 | 81 (+ 3 below ground) | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 2018 | [31] | |
18 | Chongqing International Land-Sea Center | 458.0 | 1,503 | 98 (+ 4 below ground) | Chongqing | China | 2024 | ||
19 | The Exchange 106 | 453.6 | 1,488 | 95 (+ 6 below ground) | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2019 | [32] | |
20 | Changsha IFS Tower T1 | 452.1 | 1,483 | 94 (+ 5 below ground) | Changsha | China | 2018 | [33] | |
21 | Petronas Tower 1 | 451.9 | 1,483 | 88 (+ 5 below ground) | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1998 | [lower-alpha 2] [34][35] | |
Petronas Tower 2 | |||||||||
23 | Zifeng Tower | 450.0 | 1,480 | 89 (+ 5 below ground) | Nanjing | China | 2010 | [36] | |
Suzhou IFS | 95 (+ 5 below ground) | Suzhou | 2019 | [37] | |||||
25 | Wuhan Center | 443.1 | 1,454 | 88 (+ 4 below ground) | Wuhan | 2019 | [38] | ||
26 | Willis Tower | 442.1 | 1,450 | 108 (+ 3 below ground) | Chicago | United States | 1974 | [lower-alpha 3] [39] | |
27 | KK100 | 441.8 | 1,449 | 98 (+ 4 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 2011 | [40] | |
28 | Guangzhou International Finance Center | 438.6 | 1,439 | 101 (+ 4 below ground) | Guangzhou | 2010 | [41] | ||
29 | 111 West 57th Street | 435.3 | 1,428 | 84 (+ 2 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2021 | [42] | |
30 | Shandong International Financial Center | 428 | 1,404 | 88 (+ 4 below ground) | Jinan | China | 2023 | [43] --> | |
31 | One Vanderbilt | 427.0 | 1,401 | 62 (+ 4 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2020 | [44] | |
32 | 432 Park Avenue | 425.7 | 1,397 | 85 (+ 3 below ground) | 2015 | [45] | |||
33 | Marina 101 | 425.0 | 1,394 | 101 (+ 6 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2017 | [46] | |
34 | Trump International Hotel and Tower | 423.2 | 1,388 | 98 (+ 2 below ground) | Chicago | United States | 2009 | [47] | |
35 | Dongguan International Trade Center 1 | 422.6 | 1,386 | 85 (+ 3 below ground) | Dongguan | China | 2021 | [48] | |
36 | Jin Mao Tower | 420.5 | 1,380 | 88 (+ 3 below ground) | Shanghai | 1999 | [49] | ||
37 | Princess Tower | 413.4 | 1,356 | 101 (+ 6 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2012 | [50] | |
38 | Al Hamra Tower | 412.6 | 1,354 | 80 (+ 3 below ground) | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2011 | [51] | |
39 | Two International Finance Centre | 412.0 | 1,352 | 88 (+ 6 below ground) | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2003 | [52] | |
40 | Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower | 411.6 | 1,350 | 101 (+ 5 below ground) | Busan | South Korea | 2019 | [53] | |
41 | Guangxi China Resources Tower | 402.7 | 1,321 | 86 (+ 3 below ground) | Nanning | China | 2020 | [54] | |
42 | Guiyang International Financial Center T1 | 401.0 | 1,316 | 79 (+ 5 below ground) | Guiyang | 2020 | [55][56] | ||
43 | Iconic Tower | 393.8 | 1,292 | 77 (+ 2 below ground) | New Administrative Capital | Egypt | 2023 | [57] | |
44 | China Resources Tower | 392.5 | 1,288 | 68 (+ 5 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 2018 | [58] | |
45 | 23 Marina | 392.4 | 1,287 | 88 (+ 4 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2012 | [59] | |
46 | CITIC Plaza | 390.2 | 1,280 | 80 (+ 2 below ground) | Guangzhou | China | 1996 | [60] | |
47 | Citymark Centre | 388.3 | 1,274 | 70 (+ 7 below ground) | Shenzhen | 2022 | [61] | ||
48 | Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 | 388.1 | 1,273 | 80 (+ 3 below ground) | 2020 | [62] | |||
49 | 30 Hudson Yards | 387.1 | 1,270 | 73 (+ 1 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2019 | [63] | |
50 | Public Investment Fund Tower | 385.0 | 1,263 | 72 (+ 4 below ground) | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 2021 | ||
51 | Shun Hing Square | 384.0 | 1,260 | 69 (+ 3 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 1996 | [64] | |
52 | Eton Place Dalian Tower 1 | 383.2 | 1,257 | 80 (+ 4 below ground) | Dalian | 2016 | [65] | ||
53 | Autograph Tower | 382.9 | 1,256 | 75 (+ 6 below ground) | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2022 | [lower-alpha 4] | |
54 | Logan Century Center 1 | 381.3 | 1,251 | 82 (+ 4 below ground) | Nanning | China | 2018 | [67] | |
55 | Burj Mohammed bin Rashid | 381.2 | 1,251 | 88 (+ 5 below ground) | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2014 | [68] | |
56 | Empire State Building | 381.0 | 1,250 | 102 (+ 1 below ground) | New York City | United States | 1931 | [lower-alpha 5][69] | |
57 | Elite Residence | 380.5 | 1,248 | 87 (+ 4 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2012 | [70] | |
58 | Riverview Plaza | 376.0 | 1,234 | 73 (+ 3 below ground) | Wuhan | China | 2021 | [71] | |
59 | Dabaihui Plaza | 375.6 | 1,232 | 70 (+ 4 below ground) | Shenzhen | 2021 | |||
60 | Central Plaza | 373.9 | 1,227 | 78 (+ 3 below ground) | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1992 | [72] | |
61 | Federation Tower (East Tower) | 373.7 | 1,226 | 93 (+ 4 below ground) | Moscow | Russia | 2016 | [73] | |
62 | Hengfeng Guiyang Center Tower 1 | 373.5 | 1,225 | 77 (+ 5 below ground) | Guiyang | China | 2023 | [74] --> | |
63 | Dalian International Trade Center | 370.2 | 1,215 | 86 (+ 7 below ground) | Dalian | 2019 | [75] | ||
64 | Address Boulevard | 370.0 | 1,214 | 73 (+ 3 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2017 | [76] | |
65 | Haitian Center Tower 2 | 368.9 | 1,210 | 73 (+ 6 below ground) | Qingdao | China | 2021 | [77] | |
66 | Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A | 368.1 | 1,208 | 77 (+ 4 below ground) | Nanjing | 2019 | [78] | ||
67 | Bank of China Tower | 367.4 | 1,205 | 72 (+ 4 below ground) | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1990 | [79] | |
68 | Bank of America Tower | 365.8 | 1,200 | 55 (+ 3 below ground) | New York City | United States | 2009 | [80] | |
69 | St. Regis Chicago | 362.9 | 1,191 | 92 (+ 5 below ground) | Chicago | 2020 | [81] | ||
70 | Almas Tower | 360.0 | 1,181 | 68 (+ 5 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2008 | [82] | |
70 | Jinan Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 | 360 | 1,181 | 62 (+ 3 below ground) | Jinan | China | 2023 | [83] | |
71 | Hanking Center | 358.9 | 1,177 | 65 (+ 5 below ground) | Shenzhen | 2018 | [84] | ||
72 | Greenland Group Suzhou Center | 358.0 | 1,175 | 77 (+ 3 below ground) | Suzhou | 2022 | [85][86] | ||
73 | Gevora Hotel | 356.3 | 1,169 | 75 (+ 2 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2017 | [87] | |
74 | Galaxy World Tower 1 | 356.0 | 1,168 | 71 (+ 5 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 2023 | [88][89] | |
Galaxy World Tower 2 | |||||||||
Il Primo Tower | 356.0 | 1,168 | 79 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2022 | [90] | ||
77 | JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 | 355.4 | 1,166 | 82 (+ 2 below ground) | 2012 | [91][92] | |||
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2 | 2013 | ||||||||
79 | Emirates Office Tower | 354.6 | 1,163 | 54 | 2000 | [93] | |||
80 | Raffles City Chongqing T3N | 354.5 | 1,163 | 79 (+ 3 below ground) | Chongqing | China | 2019 | [94][95] | |
Raffles City Chongqing T4N | 74 (+ 3 below ground) | ||||||||
82 | OKO – South Tower | 354.2 | 1,162 | 90 (+ 2 below ground) | Moscow | Russia | 2015 | [96] | |
83 | The Marina Torch | 352.0 | 1,155 | 86 (+ 4 below ground) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2011 | [97] | |
84 | Forum 66 Tower 1 | 350.6 | 1,150 | 68 (+ 4 below ground) | Shenyang | China | 2015 | [98] | |
85 | The Pinnacle | 350.3 | 1,149 | 60 (+ 6 below ground) | Guangzhou | 2012 | [99] | ||
86 | Xi'an Glory International Financial Center | 350.0 | 1,148 | 75 (+ 4 below ground) | Xi'an | 2021 | [100] | ||
87 | Spring City 66 | 349.0 | 1,145 | 61 (+ 4 below ground) | Kunming | 2020 | [101] | ||
88 | 85 Sky Tower | 347.5 | 1,140 | 85 (+ 5 below ground) | Kaoshiung | Taiwan | 1997 | [102] | |
89 | Aon Center | 346.3 | 1,136 | 83 (+ 5 below ground) | Chicago | United States | 1973 | [103] | |
90 | The Center | 346.0 | 1,135 | 73 (+ 3 below ground) | Hong Kong | China | 1998 | [104] | |
91 | Neva Tower 2 | 345.0 | 1,132 | 79 (+ 3 below ground) | Moscow | Russia | 2020 | [105] | |
92 | 875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center) | 343.7 | 1,128 | 100 (+ 1 below ground) | Chicago | United States | 1969 | [106] | |
93 | Shimao Global Financial Center | 343.0 | 1,125 | 74 (+ 4 below ground) | Changsha | China | 2020 | [107] | |
94 | Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur | 342.5 | 1,124 | 75 (+ 4 below ground) | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2018 | [108] | |
95 | ADNOC Headquarters | 342 | 1,122 | 65 (+ 2 below ground) | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2015 | [109] | |
96 | Comcast Technology Center | 341.7 | 1,121 | 60 | Philadelphia | United States | 2018 | [110] | |
97 | One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7 | 341.4 | 1,120 | 71 (+ 3 below ground) | Shenzhen | China | 2018 | [111] |
Height to pinnacle (highest point)
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.[10]
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).
† | Denotes building with pinnacle height higher than architectural |
Height to occupied floor
This height is measured to the highest occupiable floor within the building.[10]
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.[112]
This is a list of buildings taller than 350 m that are currently under construction.[133] 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. |
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1 | Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences | 595 m (1,952 ft) | 105 | 2026 | UAE | Dubai | [134] |
2 | The Line | 500 m (1,640 ft.) | ? | 2030 | Saudi Arabia | Neom | [135] |
3 | China International Silk Road Center | 498 m (1,634 ft) | 101 | 2025 | China | Xi'an | [136] |
4 | Fuyuan Zhongshan 108 IFC | 498 m (1,634 ft) | 108 | 2029 | China | Zhongshan | [137] |
5 | Panda Tower - Tianfu Center | 488.9 m (1,604 ft) | 95 | 2026 | China | Chengdu | [138] |
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 | [139] |
9 | Fosun Bund Center T1 | 470 m (1,540 ft) | ? | ? | China | Wuhan | [140] |
10 | Suzhou Center North Tower | 470 m (1,540 ft) | ? | 2024 | China | Suzhou | [141] |
11 | Guohua Financial Center Tower 1 | 465 m (1,526 ft) | 79 | ? | China | Wuhan | [142] |
12 | China Resources Land Center | 450 m (1,480 ft) | 98 | ? | China | Dongguan | [143] |
13 | One Bangkok | 436.1 m (1,431 ft) | 92 | 2025 | Thailand | Bangkok | [144] |
14 | Burj Almasa | 432 m (1,417 ft) | 93 | 2027 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | [145] |
15 | Shandong International Financial Center[note 1] | 428 m (1,404 ft) | 88 | 2023 | China | Jinan | [146] |
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 | [147] |
18 | JPMorgan Chase Building | 423 m (1,388 ft) | 63 | 2025 | United States | New York City | [148] |
19 | Ningbo Center Tower 1 | 409 m (1,342 ft) | 80 | 2024 | China | Ningbo | [149] |
20 | Wuhan Yangtze River Center Tower | 400 m (1,300 ft) | 82 | 2025 | China | Wuhan | [150] |
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 | [151] |
23 | Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-1 | 394 m (1,293 ft) | 78 | 2027 | China | Shenzhen | [152] |
24 | Iconic Tower[note 1] | 393.8 m (1,292 ft) | 77 | 2023 | Egypt | Cairo | [153] |
25 | Haiyun Plaza Tower 1 | 390 m (1,280 ft) | 86 | 2024 | China | Rizhao | [154] |
26 | China Merchants Bank Global Headquarters | 387.4 m (1,271 ft) | 74 | ? | China | Shenzhen | [155] |
27 | Tour F | 385.8 m (1,266 ft) | 64 | ? | Ivory Coast | Abidjan | [156] |
28 | Shekou Prince Bay Tower | 380 m (1,250 ft) | 70 | ? | China | Shenzhen | [157] |
29 | Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre | 379.9 m (1,246 ft) | 83 | ? | China | Shenzhen | [158] |
30 | Guangdong Business Center | 375.5 m (1,232 ft) | 60 | 2024 | China | Guangzhou | [159] |
31 | China Merchants Prince Bay Tower | 374 m (1,227 ft) | 59 | 2028 | China | Shenzhen | [160] |
32 | Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1 | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 67 | 2024 | China | Shanghai | [161] |
33 | Lucheng Square | 369 m (1,211 ft) | 75 | ? | China | Wenzhou | [162] |
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 | [163] |
36 | Ciel Tower | 365.5 m (1,199 ft) | 81 | 2023 | UAE | Dubai | [164] |
37 | Huiyun Center[note 1] | 359.2 m (1,178 ft) | 80 | 2022 | China | Shenzhen | [165] |
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 | [166] |
41 | Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base Tower C-2 | 355.7 m (1,167 ft) | 68 | 2027 | China | Shenzhen | [167] |
42 | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Building | 352 m (1,155 ft) | 59 | 2024 | Turkey | Istanbul | [168] |
43 | Guohong Center | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 71 | 2025 | China | Wenzhou | [169] |
44 | Guowei ZY Plaza | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 62 | ? | China | Zhuhai | [170] |
45 | China Resources Huafu Tower | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | ? | China | Shenzhen | [171] |
46 | Poly Liangxi Plaza | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | ? | China | Foshan | [172] |
On Hold
Rank | Building | Planned architectural height | Floors | Planned completion | Country | City | Ref. |
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1 | Jeddah Tower[note 2] | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | 167+ | ? | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | [174] |
2 | Goldin Finance 117[note 1] | 597 m (1,959 ft) | 117 | ? | China | Tianjin | |
3 | Pentominium Tower | 516 m (1,693 ft) | 122 | 2027 | UAE | Dubai | [175] |
4 | Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center | 499.8 m (1,640 ft) | 102 | 2025 | China | Nanjing | [176] |
5 | Suzhou Zhongnan Center | 499.2 m (1,638 ft) | 103 | 2025 | China | Suzhou | [177] |
6 | HeXi Yuzui Tower A | 498.8 m (1,636 ft) | 84 | 2025 | China | Nanjing | [178] |
7 | Chushang Building | 475 m (1,558 ft) | 111 | 2025 | China | Wuhan | [179] |
8 | Chengdu Greenland Tower | 468 m (1,535 ft) | 101 | 2024 | China | Chengdu | [180] |
9 | Marina 106 | 445 m (1,460 ft) | 104 | 2026 | UAE | Dubai | [181] |
10 | Greenland Center Tower 1 | 428 m (1,404 ft) | ? | ? | China | Kunming | [182] |
11 | Dongfeng Plaza Landmark Tower | 407 m (1,335 ft) | 100 | 2024 | China | Kunming | [183] |
12 | Icon Towers 1 | 384 m (1,260 ft) | 77 | 2029 | Indonesia | Jakarta | [184] |
13 | Greenland Star City Light Tower | 379.9 m (1,246 ft) | 83 | 2025 | China | Changsha | [185] |
14 | Ping An IFC | 373 m (1,224 ft) | ? | ? | China | Nanchang | [186] |
15 | Global Port Tower 1 | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | 2024 | China | Lanzhou | [187] |
15= | Global Port Tower 2 | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | 2024 | China | Lanzhou | [188] |
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 |
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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[189] | 300 m (980 ft) | 64 | 2012 | Chile | Santiago |
Antarctica | Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings[190][191] | 15 m (49 ft) | 1 | 2005 | - | McMurdo Station |
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 |
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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) |
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- 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
- Structurally Topped Out
- Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere[66]
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