List of tallest freestanding structures

Tallest freestanding structures in the world in 2015:
1. Burj Khalifa skyscraper
2. Tokyo Skytree tower
3. Shanghai Tower skyscraper
4. Mecca Clock Tower skyscraper
5. Canton Tower tower
6. CN Tower tower
7. One World Trade Center skyscraper
8. Ostankino Tower tower
9. Sears Tower skyscraper
10. Taipei 101 skyscaper

Overview

The Burj Khalifa is the tallest structure ever built, with a pinnacle height of 830 m (2722 ft) tall. The 20th and 21st centuries marked a notable uptick in terms of construction of tall structures. The majority of supertall structures are in the United States or Asia. Most of the tallest structures during that time period have been Guyed masts, which are not considered freestanding as they require guy wires for support.

List of heights

This list includes all freestanding structures of at least 350 meters or 1148 ft. Guyed structures or offshore structures do not count for the list. For all buildings, they are listed by pinnacle height and not architectural height, so the ranking will differ from the List of tallest buildings, such as the Willis Tower being above the Taipei 101. This list includes now demolished or destroyed structures, such as the original World Trade Center. The dates listed are when the structures topped out, not necessarily when they were finished.

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Clear

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Bold	Denotes structure that is not a building

	Name	Height[1][2]		Image	City	Country	Year	Comments	Ref
		m	ft
1	Burj Khalifa	829.8	2,722		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2009	Tallest structure in the world since 2009	[3]
2	Merdeka 118	680.5	2,233		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2021	Tallest structure built in the 2020s	[4]
3	Tokyo Skytree	634	2,080		Tokyo	Japan	2011	Tallest structure on an island; Tallest tower in the world since 2011; tallest structure built in the 2010s	[5]
4	Shanghai Tower	632	2,073		Shanghai	China	2013	Tallest structure in China; tallest structure not in a Capital city	[6]
5	Canton Tower	602	1,975		Guangzhou	China	2009	Tallest tower in the world from 2009 to 2011	[7]
6	Mecca Royal Clock Tower (Abraj al-Bait)	601	1,972		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	2011	Tallest clock tower and contains the highest museum in the world	[8]
7	Ping An International Finance Centre	599.1	1,966		Shenzhen	China	2017	Tallest all-office building in the world	[9]
8	Goldin Finance 117	597	1,959		Tianjin	China	2015	Topped out but unfinished; Tallest abandoned building in the world	[10]
9	Lotte World Tower	555	1,821		Seoul	South Korea	2017	Tallest building in South Korea and the OECD	[11]
10	CN Tower	553.3	1,815		Toronto	Canada	1975	Tallest freestanding structure in the world from 1975 to 2009; tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere; tallest freestanding structure built in the 20th century	[12]
11	One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)	546.2	1,792		New York City	United States	2013	Tallest freestanding structure in the United States	[13]
12	Ostankino Tower	540.1	1,772		Moscow	Russia	1967	Tallest freestanding structure in the world from 1967 to 1975; Tallest freestanding structure in Russia and Europe; tallest freestanding structure built in the 1960s	[14]
13	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	530	1,739		Guangzhou	China	2016		[15]
	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	530	1,739		Tianjin	China	2019		[16]
15	China Zun (CITIC Tower)	527.7	1,731		Beijing	China	2018		[17]
16	Willis Tower (Sears Tower)	527	1,729		Chicago	United States	1974	Formerly known as Sears Tower	[18]
17	One World Trade Center (Old) (North Tower)	526.7	1,728		New York City	United States	1970	Destroyed in 2001; tallest freestanding structure to ever be destroyed	[19]
18	Taipei 101	509.2	1,671		Taipei	Taiwan	2003		[20]
19	Shanghai World Financial Center	494.3	1,622		Shanghai	China	2008		[21]
20	International Commerce Centre	484	1,588		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2010		[22]
21	Wuhan Greenland Center	475.6	1,560		Wuhan	China	2022		[23]
22	Central Park Tower	472.4	1,550		New York City	United States	2019	Tallest residential building	[24]
23	Landmark 81	470.3	1,543		Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	2018	Tallest building in Vietnam	[25]
24	Oriental Pearl Tower	468	1,535		Shanghai	China	1994	Tallest structure built in the 1990s	[26][27]
25	Lakhta Center	462	1,516		St Petersburg	Russia	2018	Northernmost skyscraper in the world	[28]
26	Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center	458	1,503		Chongqing	China	2024
27	875 North Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center)	457	1,499		Chicago	United States	1969		[29]
28	Zifeng Tower	453	1,486		Nanjing	China	2010		[30]
29	Petronas Tower 1	451.9	1,483		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1996	Tallest twin buildings	[31][32]
	Petronas Tower 2
31	Suzhou IFS	450	1,476		Suzhou	China	2019		[33]
32	The Exchange 106	445.5	1,462		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2019		[34]
33	Empire State Building	443.2	1,454		New York City	United States	1930	Tallest structure in the world from 1930 to 1967	[35]
34	Wuhan Center	443.1	1,454		Wuhan	China	2015		[36]
35	KK100	442	1,450		Shenzhen	China	2011		[37]
36	Guangzhou International Finance Center	438.6	1,439		Guangzhou	China	2010		[38]
37	111 West 57th Street	435.3	1,428		New York City	United States	2019	Thinnest skyscraper in the world with a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24	[39]
38	Milad Tower	435	1,427		Tehran	Iran	2007		[40]
39	Shandong International Financial Center	428	1,404		Jinan	China	2025		[41]
40	One Vanderbilt	427	1,401		New York City	United States	2019		[42]
41	432 Park Avenue	425.5	1,396		New York City	United States	2014		[43]
42	Marina 101	425	1,394		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017		[44]
43	Trump Tower (Chicago)	423.1	1,388		Chicago	United States	2009	Commissioned by and named after Donald Trump	[45]
44	270 Park Ave (JP Morgan Chase Building)	423	1,388		New York City	United States	2024		[46]
45	Dongguan International Trade Center 1	422.6	1,386		Dongguan	China	2020		[47]
46	Kuala Lumpur Tower	421	1,381		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1994		[48]
47	Jin Mao Tower	420.5	1,380		Shanghai	China	1999		[49]
48	GRES-2 Power Station	419.7	1,377		Ekıbastūz	Kazakhstan	1987	Tallest freestanding structure built in the 1980s; Tallest chimney in the world	[50]
49	Nanjing Financial City II	416.6	1,367		Nanjing	China	2024		[51]
50	Tianjin Tower	415.2	1,362		Tianjin	China	1991		[52]
51	Two World Trade Center (old) (South Tower)	415	1,362		New York City	United States	1971	Destroyed in 2001	[19]
52	Princess Tower	414	1,358		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012		[53]
53	Al Hamra Tower	412.6	1,354		Kuwait City	Kuwait	2010		[54]
54	Two International Finance Centre	412	1,352		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1998		[55]
55	Haeundae LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower	411.6	1,350		Busan	South Korea	2019		[56]
56	Ningbo Central Plaza	409	1,342		Ningbo	China	2024		[57]
57	Central Radio & TV Tower	405	1,329		Beijing	China	1992		[58][59]
58	Guangxi China Resources Tower	403	1,322		Nanning	China	2020	Tallest building in Guangxi Province	[60]
59	Guiyang International Financial Center Tower 1	401	1,316		Guiyang	China	2020		[61][62]
60	23 Marina	395	1,296		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012		[63]
61	Iconic Tower	393.8	1,292		New Administrative Capital	Egypt	2021	Tallest structure in Africa	[64]
62	China Resources Tower	392.5	1,288		Shenzhen	China	2016		[65]
63	CITIC Plaza	391	1,283		Guangzhou	China	1996		[66]
64	30 Hudson Yards	390	1,280		New York City	United States	2019		[67]
65	Citymark Centre	388.3	1,274		Shenzhen	China	2022		[68]
66	Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1	388.1	1,273		Shenzhen	China	2020		[69]
67	Zhongyuan Tower	388	1,273		Zhengzhou	China	2011		[70]
	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	388	1,273		Dalian	China	2015		[71]
69	Kyiv TV Tower	385	1,263		Kyiv	Ukraine	1973		[72]
	Public Investment Fund Tower	385	1,263		Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	2014		[73]
71	Shun Hing Square	384	1,260		Shenzhen	China	1996		[74]
72	Autograph Tower	382.9	1,256		Jakarta	Indonesia	2020	Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere. [75]	[76]
73	Burj Mohammed bin Rashid	382	1,253		Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2014		[77]
74	Inco Superstack	381	1,250		Greater Sudbury	Canada	1972		[78]
75	Elite Residence	380.5	1,248		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012		[79]
76	85 Sky Tower	378	1,240		Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1997		[29]
77	Riverview Plaza	376	1,234		Wuhan	China	2021		[80]
78	Dabaihui Plaza	375.6	1,232		Shenzhen	China	2021
79	Guangdong Business Center	375.5	1,232		Guangzhou	China	2025		[81]
80	Tashkent Tower	375	1,230		Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1984
81	Central Plaza	373.9	1,227		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1992	Contains the highest church in the world	[82]
82	Federation Tower (East Tower)	373.7	1,226		Moscow	Russia	2017		[83]
83	Liberation Tower	372	1,220		Kuwait City	Kuwait	1993
84	Almaty Tower	371.5	1,219		Almaty	Kazakhstan	1983
85	Homer City Generating Station	371	1,217		Center Township	United States	1977	Demolished in 2025; Tallest freestanding structure to be voluntarily demolished; Tallest freestanding structure not in a city
86	Dalian International Trade Center	370.2	1,215		Dalian	China	2017		[84]
87	Kennecott Smokestack	370	1,214		Magna	United States	1974	Tallest currently standing structure not in a city	[85]
	Beryozovskaya GRES Power Station	370	1,214		Sharypovo	Russia	1985
	Zhoushan Island Overhead Pylon	370	1,214		Zhoushan Island	China	2009
	Bank of America Tower	365.8	1,200		New York City	United States	2009		[86]
	The Boulevard	370	1,214		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017		[87]
	Xujiahui Tower	370	1,214		Shanghai	China	2025		[88]
93	Haitian Center Tower 2	369	1,211		Qingdao	China	2020		[89]
	Çamlıca Tower	369	1,211		Istanbul	Turkey	2020
95	Riga Radio and TV Tower	368.5	1,209		Riga	Latvia	1989		[90][91]
96	Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A	368.1	1,208		Nanjing	China	2019		[92]
97	Fernsehturm Berlin	368	1,207		Berlin	Germany	1969
98	Bank of China Tower	367.4	1,205		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1990		[93]
99	St. Regis Chicago	365	1,198		Chicago	United States	2020	Tallest structure in the world designed by a woman	[94]
100	Aon Center	362.5	1,189		Chicago	United States	1973		[29]
101	Trbovlje Power Station	360	1,181		Trbovlje	Slovenia	1976
	Almas Tower	360	1,181		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2008		[95]
	The Pinnacle	360	1,181		Guangzhou	China	2012		[96]
104	Hanking Center	358.9	1,177		Shenzhen	China	2018		[97]
105	Gevora Hotel	356.3	1,169		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017		[98]
106	Endesa Termic	356	1,168		As Pontes de García Rodríguez	Spain	1974
	Il Primo Dubai	356	1,168		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2021		[99]
108	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1	355.4	1,166		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2012		[100][101]
	JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2						2013
110	First Canadian Place	355	1,165		Toronto	Canada	1975		[102]
111	Raffles City Chongqing T3N	354.5	1,163		Chongqing	China	2019		[103][104]
	Raffles City Chongqing T4N
113	OKO South Tower	354.1	1,162		Moscow	Russia	2015		[105]
114	The Marina Torch	352	1,155		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2011		[106]
	CBRT Tower	352	1,155		Istanbul	Turkey	2024	Tallest building in Europe outside of Russia	[107]
	Changtai Yangtze River Bridge	352	1,155		Jiangsu Province	China	2025	Tallest bridge columns in the world	[108]
117	Phoenix Copper Smelter	351.5	1,153		Baia Mare	Romania	1995
	Lotus Tower	351.5	1,153		Colombo	Sri Lanka	2019		[109]
119	Forum 66	351	1,152		Shenyang	China	2015		[110]
120	The Strat	350.2	1,149		Las Vegas	United States	1995
121	Xi'an Glory International Financial Center	350	1,148		Xi'an	China	2021		[111]

Timeline of tallest structures

This section chronicles structures that at one point held the crown of the world's tallest freestanding structure, going as far back as the beginning of the common era.

Years as tallest	Name	Height[1][2]		Image	City	Country	Year	Comments
		m	ft
2570 BCE - 1240 CE	Great Pyramid of Giza	146.6	481		Giza	Egypt	2570 BCE	Longest time spent as world's tallest man made structure, holding the record for 3,800 years
1240-1311	Old St Paul's Cathedral	149	489		London	United Kingdom	1240
1311-1884	Lincoln Cathedral	160	525		Lincoln	United Kingdom	1311	Central spire was destroyed in 1549
1884-1889	Washington Monument	169	554		Washington, D.C.	United States	1884
1889-1929	Eiffel Tower	312	1,024		Paris	France	1889	First structure to surpass 300 meters tall; height was increased to 330 meters in 2022
1929-1930	Chrysler Building	319	1,047		New York City	United States	1929	First supertall skyscraper ever constructed
1930-1967	Empire State Building	443.2	1,454		New York City	United States	1930	First structure to surpass 400 meters tall
1967-1975	Ostankino Tower	540.1	1,772		Moscow	Russia	1967	First freestanding structure to surpass 500 meters tall
1975-2009	CN Tower	553.3	1,815		Toronto	Canada	1975	Tallest freestanding structure in North America and the Western Hemisphere; tallest freestanding structure built in the 20th century
2009-Present	Burj Khalifa	829.8	2,722		Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2009	First structure to surpass 800 meters tall

Tallest Structures by Continent

Continent	Structure	Height		Topped Out	Country	City
		m	ft
Asia	Burj Khalifa	829.8	2,722	2009	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
North America	CN Tower	553.3	1,815	1975	Canada	Toronto
Europe	Ostankino Tower	540.1	1,772	1967	Russia	Moscow
Africa	Iconic Tower	393.8	1,292	2021	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Oceania	Sky Tower	328	1,076	1997	New Zealand	Auckland
South America	Gran Torre Costanera	300	984	2012	Chile	Santiago
Antarctica	Long Duration Balloon Payload Preparation Buildings	15	49	2005	United States

Countries with most structures on list

Rank	Country	Number of structures on list	City(s) with most structures on list	Tallest structure	Height
					m	ft
1	China	46	Shenzhen	Shanghai Tower	632	2,073
2	United States	19	New York	One World Trade Center	546.2	1,792
3	United Arab Emirates	13	Dubai	Burj Khalifa	829.8	2,722
4	Malaysia	5	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka 118	680.5	2,233
	Russia	5	Moscow	Ostankino Tower	540.1	1,772
6	Hong Kong	4	Hong Kong	International Commerce Centre	484	1,588
7	Canada	3	Toronto	CN Tower	553.3	1,815
8	Saudi Arabia	2	Mecca, Riyadh	The Clock Towers	601	1,972
	South Korea	2	Seoul, Busan	Lotte World Tower	555	1,821
	Taiwan	2	Taipei, Kaohsiung	Taipei 101	509.2	1,671
	Kazakhstan	2	Ekıbastūz, Almaty	GRES-2 Power Station	419.7	1,377
	Kuwait	2	Kuwait City	Al Hamra Tower	412.6	1,354
	Turkey	2	Istanbul	Çamlıca Tower	369	1,211
14	Japan	1	Tokyo	Tokyo Skytree	634	2,080
	Vietnam	1	Ho Chi Minh City	Landmark 81	470.3	1,543
	Iran	1	Tehran	Milad Tower	435	1,427
	Egypt	1	New Administrative Capital	Iconic Tower	393.8	1,292
	Ukraine	1	Kyiv	Kyiv TV Tower	385	1,263
	Indonesia	1	Jakarta	Autograph Tower	382.9	1,256
	Uzbekistan	1	Tashkent	Tashkent Tower	375	1,230
	Latvia	1	Riga	Riga Radio and TV Tower	368.5	1,209
	Germany	1	Berlin	Fernsehturm Berlin	368	1,207
	Slovenia	1	Trbovlje	Trbovlje Power Station	360	1,181
	Spain	1	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	Endesa Termic	356	1,168
	Romania	1	Baia Mare	Phoenix Copper Smelter	351.5	1,153
	Sri Lanka	1	Colombo	Lotus Tower	351.5	1,153

See Also

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