LIST OF TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD

 

Tallest buildings in the world

As of 2020, this list includes all 74 buildings (completed and architecturally topped out) which reach a height of 350 metres (1,150 ft) or more, as assessed by their highest architectural feature. Of these, 37 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 metres (1,368 ft) after its destruction in the 11 September attacks of 2001. If the Twin Towers were never destroyed, and One World Trade Center was never built, the WTC towers would rank 34 and 35 on the list today.

bold	Denotes building that is or was once the tallest in the world

Rank	Name	Image	City	Country	Height[13]		Floors	Year	Notes
					m	ft
1	Burj Khalifa		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	828	2,717	163 (+ 1 below ground)[14]	2010
2	Merdeka 118		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	644	2,113	118 (+5 below ground)[15]	2021	Tallest building in the Southeast Asia region.
3	Shanghai Tower		Shanghai	China	632	2,073	128 (+ 5 below ground)[16]	2015	The tallest twisted building.
4	Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601	1,972	120 (+ 3 below ground)[17]	2012	Tallest building with a clock face.
5	Ping An International Finance Centre		Shenzhen	China	599.1	1,966	115 (+ 5 below ground)[18]	2017	Shares the record of the highest observation deck with Shanghai Tower (#2) at 562 m.
6	Lotte World Tower		Seoul	South Korea	554.5	1,819	123 (+ 6 below ground)[19]	2017	Tallest building in the OECD
7	One World Trade Center		New York City	United States	541.3	1,776	94 (+ 5 below ground)[20]	2014	Tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
8	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre		Guangzhou	China	530	1,739	111 (+ 5 below ground)[21]	2016
	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre		Tianjin				97 (+ 4 below ground)[22]	2019
10	China Zun		Beijing		527.7	1,731	109 (+ 8 below ground)[23]	2018
11	Taipei 101		Taipei	Taiwan	508	1,667	101 (+ 5 below ground)[24]	2004	The world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.
12	Shanghai World Financial Center		Shanghai	China	492	1,614	101 (+ 3 below ground)[25]	2008	Was the tallest building in China until the completion of the adjacent Shanghai Tower.
13	International Commerce Centre		Hong Kong		484	1,588	108 (+ 4 below ground)[26]	2010
14	Wuhan Greenland Center		Wuhan		475.6	1,560	97[27]	2022
15	Central Park Tower		New York City	United States	472.4	1,550	98 (+ 4 below ground)[28]	2020	Tallest residential building in the world. Topped out in September 2019.[29]
16	Lakhta Center		Saint Petersburg	Russia	462	1,516	87 (+ 3 below ground)[30]	2019	Tallest building in Europe since 2018.[31]
17	Landmark 81		Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	461.2	1,513	81 (+ 3 below ground)[32]	2018
18	Changsha IFS Tower T1		Changsha	China	452.1	1,483	94 (+ 5 below ground)[33]	2018
19	Petronas Tower 1		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9	1,483	88 (+ 5 below ground)[34][35]	1998	Tallest twin towers in the world; world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004; first tallest building since 1908 outside of the United States.
	Petronas Tower 2
21	Zifeng Tower		Nanjing	China	450	1,476	66 (+ 5 below ground)[36]	2010
	Suzhou IFS		Suzhou				95 (+ 5 below ground)[37]	2019
23	The Exchange 106		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	445.5	1,462	95 (+ 6 below ground)[38]	2019
24	Wuhan Center		Wuhan	China	443.1	1,454	88 (+ 4 below ground)[39]	2019
25	Willis Tower		Chicago	United States	442.1	1,450	108 (+ 3 below ground)[40]	1974	Formerly known, and still commonly referred to, as the Sears Tower; world's tallest building from 1974 to 1998.
26	KK100		Shenzhen	China	441.8	1,449	98 (+ 4 below ground)[41]	2011
27	Guangzhou International Finance Center		Guangzhou		438.6	1,439	103 (+ 4 below ground)[42]	2010
28	111 West 57th Street		New York City	United States	435.3	1,428	84 (+ 2 below ground)[43]	2021
29	One Vanderbilt				427	1,401	62 (+ 4 below ground)[44]	2020
30	Dongguan International Trade Center 1		Dongguan	China	426.9	1,401	88[45]	2021
31	432 Park Avenue		New York City	United States	425.7	1,397	85 (+ 3 below ground)[46]	2015	Third-tallest residential building in the world.[47]
32	Marina 101		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	425	1,394	101 (+ 6 below ground)[48]	2017
33	Trump International Hotel and Tower		Chicago	United States	423.2	1,388	98 (+ 2 below ground)[49]	2009
34	Jin Mao Tower		Shanghai	China	420.5	1,380	88 (+ 3 below ground)[50]	1999
35	Princess Tower		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	413.4	1,356	101 (+ 6 below ground)[51]	2012
36	Al Hamra Tower		Kuwait City	Kuwait	412.6	1,354	80 (+ 3 below ground)[52]	2011
37	Two International Finance Centre		Hong Kong	China	412	1,352	88 (+ 6 below ground)[53]	2003
38	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower		Busan	South Korea	411.6	1,350	101 (+ 5 below ground)[54]	2019
39	Guangxi China Resources Tower		Nanning	China	402.7	1,321	86 (+ 3 below ground)[55]	2020
40	Guiyang International Financial Center T1[56]		Guiyang		401	1,316	79[57]	2020
41	China Resources Headquarters		Shenzhen		392.5	1,288	68 (+ 5 below ground)[58]	2018
42	23 Marina		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	392.4	1,287	88 (+ 4 below ground)[59]	2012
43	CITIC Plaza		Guangzhou	China	390.2	1,280	80[60]	1996
44	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1		Shenzhen		388.1	1,273	80 (+ 3 below ground)[61]	2020
45	30 Hudson Yards		New York City	United States	387.1	1,270	73[62]	2019
46	Capital Market Authority Tower		Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	385	1,263	72	2021
	Iconic Tower		Cairo	Egypt			80[63]	2022
48	Shun Hing Square		Shenzhen	China	384	1,260	69 (+ 3 below ground)[64]	1996
49	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1		Dalian		383.2	1,257	80 (+ 4 below ground)[65]	2016
50	Logan Century Center 1		Nanning		381.3	1,251	82 (+ 4 below ground)[66]	2018
51	Burj Mohammed bin Rashid		Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	381.2	1,251	88 (+ 5 below ground)[67]	2014
52	Empire State Building		New York City	United States	381	1,250	102 (+ 1 below ground)[68]	1931	World's tallest building from 1931 to 1972; tallest man-made structure in the world from 1931 to 1967; first building in the world to contain over 100 floors[69][70]
53	Elite Residence		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	380.5	1,248	87 (+ 4 below ground)[71]	2012
54	Riverview Plaza		Wuhan	China	376	1,234	73 (+ 3 below ground)[72]	2021
55	Shenzhen Center		Shenzhen		375.6	1,232	70	2021
56	Central Plaza		Hong Kong		373.9	1,227	78 (+ 3 below ground)[73]	1992
57	Federation Tower (East Tower)		Moscow	Russia	373.7	1,226	93 (+ 4 below ground)[74]	2016
58	Dalian International Trade Center		Dalian	China	370.2	1,215	86 (+ 7 below ground)[75]	2019
59	Address Boulevard		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	370	1,214	73 (+ 3 below ground)[76]	2017
60	Haitian Center Tower 2		Qingdao	China	368.9	1,210	73[77]	2021
61	Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A		Nanjing		368.1	1,208	77 (+ 4 below ground)[78]	2019
62	Bank of China Tower		Hong Kong		367	1,205	72 (+ 4 below ground)[79]	1990
63	Bank of America Tower		New York City	United States	365.8	1,200	55 (+ 3 below ground)[80]	2009
64	St. Regis Chicago		Chicago	United States	362.9	1,191	92 (+ 5 below ground)[81]	2020
65	Almas Tower		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	360	1,181	68 (+ 5 below ground)[82]	2008
66	Hanking Center		Shenzhen	China	358.9	1,177	65 (+ 5 below ground)[83]	2018
67	Greenland Group Suzhou Center[84]		Suzhou		358	1,175	77 (+ 3 below ground)[85]	2022
68	Gevora Hotel		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	356.3	1,169	75 (+ 2 below ground)[86]	2017
69	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1				355.4	1,166	82 (+ 2 below ground)[87][88]	2012
	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2							2013
71	Emirates Office Tower				354.6	1,163	54[89]	2000
72	Raffles City Chongqing T3N		Chongqing	China	354.5	1,163	79 (+ 3 below ground)[90]	2019
	Raffles City Chongqing T4N						74 (+ 3 below ground)[91]
74	OKO Tower – South Tower		Moscow	Russia	354.2	1,162	90 (+ 2 below ground)[92]	2015
75	The Marina Torch		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	352	1,155	86 (+ 4 below ground)[93]	2011
76	Forum 66 Tower 1		Shenyang	China	350.6	1,150	68 (+ 4 below ground)[94]	2015
77	The Pinnacle		Guangzhou		350.3	1,149	60 (+ 6 below ground)[95]	2012
78	Xi'an Glory International Financial Center		Xi'an		350	1,148	75[96]	2021

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. 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

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa†	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	829.8 m	2,722 ft	163	2010
2	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China	632 m	2,073 ft	128	2015
3	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	601 m	1,971 ft	120	2012
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	China	599 m	1,965 ft	115	2016
5	Lotte World Tower†	Seoul	South Korea	555.7 m	1,823 ft	123	2016
6	One World Trade Center†	New York City	United States	546.2 m	1,792 ft	104	2014
7	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre†	Tianjin	China	530.4 m	1,740 ft	98	2019
8	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	530 m	1,739 ft	111	2016
9	China Zun	Beijing	China	528 m	1,732 ft	108	2018
10	Willis Tower†	Chicago	United States	527 m	1,729 ft	108	1974
11	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508 m	1,667 ft	101	2004
12	Shanghai World Financial Center†	Shanghai	China	494.3 m	1,622 ft	101	2008
13	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	484 m	1,588 ft	118	2010
14	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	China	475.6 m	1,560 ft	97	2021
15	Central Park Tower	New York City	United States	472.4 m	1,550 ft	98	2020
16	Landmark 81†	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	469.5 m	1,540 ft	81	2018
17	Lakhta Center	St. Petersburg	Russia	462 m	1,516 ft	86	2019
18	John Hancock Center†	Chicago	United States	457.2 m	1,500 ft	100	1969
19	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	452 m	1,483 ft	94	2018
20	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
20	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	451.9 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
22	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2010
22	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	China	450 m	1,476 ft	98	2019
24	The Exchange 106	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	445.1 m	1,460 ft	95	2019
25	Empire State Building†	New York City	United States	443.2 m	1,454 ft	102	1931
26	Kingkey 100	Shenzhen	China	441.8 m	1,449 ft	100	2011
27	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	438.6 m	1,445 ft	103	2009
28	Wuhan Center	Wuhan	China	438 m	1,437 ft	88	2019
29	111 West 57th Street	New York City	United States	435.3 m	1,428 ft	82	2020
30	Dongguan International Trade Center 1	Dongguan	China	426.9 m	1,401 ft	88	2020
31	One Vanderbilt	New York City	United States	427 m	1,401 ft	58	2020
32	432 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	425.5 m	1,396 ft	85	2015
33	Marina 101	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	425 m	1,394 ft	101	2017
34	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	United States	423.2 m	1,388 ft	96	2009
35	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,381 ft	88	1998
36	Princess Tower†	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	414 m	1,358 ft	101	2012
37	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	412.6 m	1,354 ft	80	2010
38	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	China	412 m	1,352 ft	88	2003
39	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	South Korea	411.6 m	1,350 ft	101	2019
40	Guangxi China Resources Tower	Nanning	China	402.7 m	1,321 ft	85	2019
41	Guiyang Financial Center Tower 1[56]	Guiyang	China	401 m	1,316 ft	79	2021

Height to occupied floor

This height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height	Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	584.5 m (1,918 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 m (1,690 ft)	108	2018
5	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	South Korea	497.6 m (1,633 ft)	123	2016
6	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	Guangzhou	China	495.5 m (1,626 ft)	111	2016
7	Abraj Al-Bait Towers	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	494.4 m (1,622 ft)	120	2012
8	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	474 m (1,555 ft)	101	2008
9	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	China	468.8 m (1,538 ft)	118	2010
10	Central Park Tower	New York City	United States	442 m (1,450 ft)	98	2020
11	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	Tianjin	China	439.4 m (1,442 ft)	98	2018
12	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	438 m (1,437 ft)	101	2004
13	Changsha IFS Tower T1	Changsha	China	437.1 m (1,434 ft)	94	2017
14	KK100	Shenzhen	China	427.1 m (1,401 ft)	100	2011
15	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou	China	415.1 m (1,362 ft)	103	2010
16	Willis Tower	Chicago	United States	412.7 m (1,354 ft)	108	1974
17	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	China	406.4 m (1,333 ft)	98	2017
18	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	Busan	South Korea	406 m (1,332 ft)	101	2019

Buildings under construction

This is a list of buildings taller than 350 m that are currently under construction.^[97] On-hold buildings whose construction was interrupted after it had reached a significantly advanced state are also listed.

Building	Planned architectural height	Floors	Planned completion	Country	City	Ref.
Jeddah Tower[note 1]	1,000 m (3,300 ft)	167+	?	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	[100]
Merdeka 118[note 2]	644 m (2,113 ft)	118	2022	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	[101]
Goldin Finance 117[note 2]	596.6 m (1,957 ft)	128	?	China	Tianjin
HeXi Yuzui Tower A	500 m (1,600 ft)	84	2025		Nanjing	[102]
Suzhou Zhongnan Center	499.2 m (1,638 ft)	103	2026		Suzhou	[103]
Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center	499.8 m (1,640 ft)	102	2025		Nanjing	[104]
Greenland Centre	498 m (1,634 ft)	101	2024		Xi'an	[105]
Chushang Building	475 m (1,558 ft)	111	2025		Wuhan	[106]
Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	101	2023		Chengdu
Vanke Center	458 m (1,503 ft)	99	2022		Chongqing	[107]
Evergrande City Light	453.5 m (1,488 ft)	88	?		Ningbo	[108]
Tianshan Gate of the World	450 m (1,480 ft)	106	2025		Shijiazhuang	[109]
One Bangkok	436.1 m (1,431 ft)	92	2025	Thailand	Bangkok	[110]
Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	428 m (1,404 ft)	88	2022	China	Jinan	[111]
Greenland Center Tower 1	428 m (1,404 ft)	?	?		Kunming	[112]
Nanjing Financial City Tower 1	426 m (1,398 ft)	88	2024		Nanjing	[113]
JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters	423 m (1,388 ft)	63	2024	United States	New York City	[114]
Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower	419 m (1,375 ft)	99	2025	China	Nanjing	[115]
Ningbo Center Tower 1	409 m (1,342 ft)	80	2024		Ningbo	[116]
Dongfeng Plaza Landmark Tower	407 m (1,335 ft)	100	2024		Kunming	[117]
Wuhan Yangtze River Center Tower	400 m (1,300 ft)	82	2025		Wuhan	[118]
Evergrande Center	393.9 m (1,292 ft)	71	2024		Shenzhen	[119]
Haiyun Plaza Tower 1	390 m (1,280 ft)	86	2024		Rizhao	[120]
China Merchants Bank Headquarters Tower 1	388 m (1,273 ft)	74	?		Shenzhen	[121]
Chengmai Center	388 m (1,273 ft)	70	2022		Shenzhen	[122]
Iconic Tower[note 2]	386 m (1,266 ft)	80	2022	Egypt	New Capital	[123]
Autograph Tower[note 2]	382.9 m (1,256 ft)	75	2021	Indonesia	Jakarta	[124]
Guiyang World Trade Center Landmark Tower	380 m (1,250 ft)	92	?	China	Guiyang	[125]
Greenland Star City Light Tower	379.9 m (1,246 ft)	83	2025		Changsha	[126]
Guangdong Business Center	375.5 m (1,232 ft)	60	2022		Guangzhou	[127]
Coronation Square Tower 1	370 m (1,210 ft)	78	?	Malaysia	Johor Bahru	[128]
Xujiahui Center Tower 1	370 m (1,210 ft)	70	2023	China	Shanghai	[129]
Kweichow Moutai Tower	369 m (1,211 ft)	?	2025		Guiyang	[130]
Ciel Tower	365 m (1,198 ft)	77	2023	UAE	Dubai	[131]
Three Sixty West Tower B	361.2 m (1,185 ft)	90	?	India	Mumbai	[132]
Ping An Finance Center Tower 1	360 m (1,180 ft)	74	2022	China	Jinan	[133]
Huiyun Center[note 2]	359.2 m (1,178 ft)	80			Shenzhen	[134]
Galaxy Tower 1	356 m (1,168 ft)	71	2022		Shenzhen	[135]
Galaxy Tower 2	356 m (1,168 ft)	71	2022		Shenzhen	[136]
Il Primo Tower 1[note 2]	356 m (1,168 ft)	88	2021	UAE	Dubai	[137]
Guohong Center	350 m (1,150 ft)	71	2025	China	Wenzhou	[138]
Guowei ZY Plaza	350 m (1,150 ft)	62	?		Zhuhai	[139]
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Building	350 m (1,150 ft)	55	?	Turkey	Istanbul	[140]

List by continent

The following list shows the tallest completed buildings located in 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	St. Petersburg
Australia	Q1	323 m (1,060 ft)	78	2005	Australia	Gold Coast
South America	Gran Torre Santiago[141]	300 m (980 ft)	64	2012	Chile	Santiago
Africa	The Leonardo[142][143]	227 m (745 ft)	55	2019	South Africa	Johannesburg
Antarctica	Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Payload Preparation Buildings[144][145]	15 m (49 ft)	1	2005	Antarctica	McMurdo Station