World's Tallest Buildings

This list ranks the tallest buildings around the world by measuring the height from the ground to the architectural top. The tallest building in the world using these measuring parameters is the Taipei 101 in Taiwan which houses many enterprises such as the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation and the GoldBank of Taiwan.

Rank	Building	Height	Stories	Built	City	Country
1	Taipei 101	1,671 ft	101	2004	Taipei	Taiwan
2	Shanghai World Financial Center	1,614 ft	101	2008	Shanghai	China
3	Petronas Tower 1	1,483 ft	88	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
3	Petronas Tower 2	1,483 ft	88	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
5	Greenland Square Zifeng Tower	1,476 ft	69	2009	Nanjing	China
6	Sears Tower	1,451 ft	108	1973	Chicago	United States
7	Jin Mao Tower	1,380 ft	88	1998	Shanghai	China
8	Two International Finance Centre	1,362 ft	88	2003	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
9	CITIC Plaza	1,283 ft	80	1997	Guangzhou	China
10	Shun Hing Square	1,260 ft	69	1996	Shenzhen	China
11	Empire State Building	1,250 ft	102	1931	New York	United States
12	Central Plaza	1,227 ft	78	1992	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
13	Bank of China Tower	1,205 ft	72	1990	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
14	Bank of America Tower	1,200 ft	54	2008	New York	United States
15	Almas Tower	1,181 ft	74	2008	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
16	Emirates Office Tower	1,163 ft	54	2000	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
17	Tuntex Sky Tower	1,140 ft	85	1997	Kaohsiung	Taiwan
18	Aon Center	1,136 ft	83	1973	Chicago	United States
19	The Center	1,135 ft	73	1998	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
20	John Hancock Center	1,127 ft	100	1969	Chicago	United States
21	Rose Tower	1,093 ft	72	2007	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
21	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	1,093 ft	60	2006	Shanghai	China
23	Minsheng Bank Building	1,087 ft	68	2007	Wuhan	China
24	China World Trade Center Tower 3	1,083 ft	74	2008	Beijing	China
24	Ryugyong Hotel	1,083 ft	105	1992	Pyongyang	North Korea
26	Q1	1,058 ft	78	2005	Gold Coast	Australia
27	Burj Al Arab	1,053 ft	60	1999	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
28	Chrysler Building	1,046 ft	77	1930	New York	United States
28	New York Times Building	1,046 ft	52	2007	New York	United States
28	Nina Tower I	1,046 ft	80	2006	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
31	Bank of America Plaza	1,023 ft	55	1992	Atlanta	United States
32	U.S. Bank Tower	1,018 ft	73	1989	Los Angeles	United States
33	Menara Telekom	1,017 ft	55	2001	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
34	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	1,014 ft	56	2000	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
35	One Island East	1,011 ft	70	2008	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
36	AT&T Corporate Center	1,007 ft	60	1989	Chicago	United States
37	Burj Dubai	1,004 ft	63	2008	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
38	JPMorgan Chase Tower	1,002 ft	75	1982	Houston	United States
39	Baiyoke Tower II	997 ft	85	1997	Bangkok	Thailand
40	Two Prudential Plaza	995 ft	64	1990	Chicago	United States
41	Kingdom Centre	992 ft	41	2002	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia
41	Wells Fargo Plaza	992 ft	71	1983	Houston	United States
43	Eureka Tower	983 ft	91	2006	Melbourne	Australia
44	First Canadian Place	978 ft	72	1976	Toronto	Canada
45	Comcast Center	975 ft	57	2008	Philadelphia	United States
46	Yokohama Landmark Tower	972 ft	70	1993	Yokohama	Japan
47	Emirates Crown	971 ft	63	2008	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
48	311 South Wacker Drive	961 ft	65	1990	Chicago	United States
49	SEG Plaza	957 ft	70	2000	Shenzhen	China
50	American International Building	952 ft	66	1932	New York	United States
51	Key Tower	947 ft	57	1991	Cleveland	United States
52	One Liberty Place	945 ft	61	1987	Philadelphia	United States
52	Plaza 66	945 ft	66	2001	Shanghai	China
54	Columbia Center	937 ft	76	1985	Seattle	United States
55	Millennium Tower	935 ft	60	2006	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
56	Tomorrow Square	934 ft	55	2003	Shanghai	China
57	Chongqing World Trade Center	929 ft	60	2005	Chongqing	China
58	Cheung Kong Centre	928 ft	62	1999	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
59	The Trump Building	927 ft	70	1930	New York	United States
60	Bank of America Plaza	921 ft	72	1985	Dallas	United States
61	OUB Centre	919 ft	63	1986	Singapore	Singapore
61	Republic Plaza	919 ft	66	1995	Singapore	Singapore
61	UOB Plaza One	919 ft	66	1992	Singapore	Singapore
64	Citigroup Center	915 ft	59	1977	New York	United States
65	Hong Kong New World Tower	913 ft	61	2002	Shanghai	China
66	Diwang International Commerce Center	906 ft	54	2006	Nanning	China
67	Scotia Plaza	902 ft	68	1988	Toronto	Canada
68	Williams Tower	901 ft	64	1983	Houston	United States
69	Wuhan World Trade Tower	896 ft	58	1998	Wuhan	China
70	Renaissance Tower	886 ft	56	1974	Dallas	United States
70	The Cullinan North Tower	886 ft	68	2007	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
70	The Cullinan South Tower	886 ft	68	2007	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
73	China International Center	884 ft	62	2007	Guangzhou	China
73	Dapeng International Plaza	884 ft	56	2004	Guangzhou	China
75	21st Century Tower	883 ft	55	2003	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
76	Naberezhnaya Tower C	881 ft	61	2007	Moscow	Russia
77	Al Faisaliyah Center	876 ft	30	2000	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia
78	900 North Michigan	871 ft	66	1989	Chicago	United States
78	Bank of America Corporate Center	871 ft	60	1992	Charlotte	United States
78	SunTrust Plaza	871 ft	60	1992	Atlanta	United States
81	Al Kazim Tower 1	869 ft	53	2008	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
81	Al Kazim Tower 2	869 ft	53	2008	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
81	Bocom Financial Towers	869 ft	52	2002	Shanghai	China
81	Development Tower	869 ft	46	2008	Shanghai	China
85	Bluescope Steel Centre	866 ft	52	1991	Melbourne	Australia
85	Triumph-Palace	866 ft	57	2005	Moscow	Russia
87	Samsung Tower Palace G	865 ft	73	2004	Seoul	South Korea
88	Trump World Tower	861 ft	72	2001	New York	United States
89	Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower	860 ft	48	1998	Shenzhen	China
90	Grand Gateway Shanghai I	859 ft	52	2005	Shanghai	China
90	Grand Gateway Shanghai II	859 ft	52	2005	Shanghai	China
90	Water Tower Place	859 ft	74	1976	Chicago	United States
93	Aon Center	858 ft	62	1973	Los Angeles	United States
94	101 Collins Street	853 ft	50	1991	Melbourne	Australia
94	Hyatt Regency Hong Kong	856 ft	64	2007	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
94	Post & Telecommunication Hub	853 ft	66	2003	Guangzhou	China
94	TD Canada Trust Tower	856 ft	53	1990	Toronto	Canada
94	Transamerica Pyramid	853 ft	48	1972	San Francisco	United States
99	Dual Tower 1	853 ft	53	2007	Manama	Bahrain
99	Dual Tower 2	853 ft	53	2007	Manama	Bahrain

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