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Official World's 200 Tallest High-rise Buildings

This overview is the most accurate compilation of its kind and uses in-depth research results and reliable building information. It is based on data standards as outlined by the Emporis Standards Committe (ESC). This listing is verified and updated continuously and includes high-rise buildings which have been topped out, including those still under construction or on hold. The ranking is based entirely on the buildings' structural height. TV towers, masts, and other building types are not included.

#	Building	City	Height	Height	Floors	Year
1.	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	828 m	2,716 ft	162	2010
2.	Taipei 101	Taipei	509 m	1,671 ft	101	2004
3.	Shanghai World Financial ..	Shanghai	492 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
4.	International Commerce Ce..	Hong Kong	484 m	1,588 ft	108	2010
5.	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
6.	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
7.	Nanjing Greenland Financi..	Nanjing	450 m	1,476 ft	66	2010
8.	Willis Tower	Chicago	442 m	1,451 ft	108	1974
9.	Guangzhou West Tower	Guangzhou	438 m	1,435 ft	103	2010
10.	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1999
11.	Two International Finance..	Hong Kong	415 m	1,362 ft	88	2003
12.	Trump International Hotel..	Chicago	415 m	1,362 ft	96	2009
13.	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
14.	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
15.	Empire State Building	New York City	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
16.	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
17.	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	367 m	1,205 ft	70	1990
18.	Bank of America Tower	New York City	366 m	1,200 ft	58	2009
19.	Almas Tower	Dubai	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2009
20.	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
21.	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	348 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
22.	Aon Center	Chicago	346 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
23.	The Center	Hong Kong	346 m	1,135 ft	73	1998
24.	John Hancock Center	Chicago	344 m	1,128 ft	100	1969
25.	Wenzhou Trade Center	Wenzhou	333 m	1,094 ft	68	2010
26.	Rose Tower	Dubai	333 m	1,093 ft	72	2007
27.	Shimao International Plaz..	Shanghai	333 m	1,093 ft	60	2006
28.	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	331 m	1,087 ft	68	2007
29.	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	330 m	1,083 ft	105
30.	China World Trade Center ..	Beijing	330 m	1,083 ft	74	2009
31.	The Index	Dubai	328 m	1,076 ft	80	2010
32.	Q1 Tower	Gold Coast City	323 m	1,058 ft	80	2005
33.	Burj Al Arab	Dubai	321 m	1,053 ft	60	1999
34.	Chrysler Building	New York City	319 m	1,046 ft	77	1930
35.	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	319 m	1,046 ft	80	2007
36.	New York Times Tower	New York City	319 m	1,046 ft	52	2007
37.	HHHR Tower	Dubai	317 m	1,040 ft	72	2010
38.	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	312 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
39.	US Bank Tower	Los Angeles	310 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
40.	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	310 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
41.	Ocean Heights	Dubai	310 m	1,017 ft	82	2010
42.	Sky Tower	Abu Dhabi	310 m	1,017 ft	74	2010
43.	Jumeirah Emirates Towers ..	Dubai	309 m	1,014 ft	56	2000
44.	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	307 m	1,007 ft	60	1989
45.	The Address Downtown Duba..	Dubai	306 m	1,004 ft	63	2008
46.	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	305 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
47.	Northeast Asia Trade Towe..	Incheon	305 m	1,001 ft	70	2010
48.	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
49.	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	303 m	995 ft	64	1990
50.	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	302 m	992 ft	71	1983
51.	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	302 m	992 ft	41	2002
52.	Moscow	Moscow	302 m	989 ft	76	2010
53.	Aspire Tower	Doha	300 m	984 ft	36	2007
54.	Arraya Center Office Towe..	Kuwait City	300 m	984 ft	60	2009
55.	One Island East Centre	Hong Kong	298 m	979 ft	69	2008
56.	First Bank Tower	Toronto	298 m	978 ft	72	1976
57.	Shanghai Wheelock Square	Shanghai	298 m	978 ft	58	2010
58.	Eureka Tower	Melbourne	297 m	975 ft	91	2006
59.	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	297 m	973 ft	57	2008
60.	Yokohama Landmark Tower	Yokohama	296 m	972 ft	73	1993
61.	Emirates Crown	Dubai	296 m	971 ft	63	2008
62.	311 South Wacker	Chicago	293 m	961 ft	65	1990
63.	SEG Plaza	Shenzhen	292 m	957 ft	70	2000
64.	American International Bu..	New York City	290 m	952 ft	66	1932
65.	Key Tower	Cleveland	289 m	947 ft	57	1991
66.	Plaza 66	Shanghai	288 m	945 ft	66	2001
67.	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	288 m	945 ft	61	1987
68.	Columbia Center	Seattle	285 m	937 ft	76	1985
69.	Millennium Tower	Dubai	285 m	935 ft	60	2006
70.	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	285 m	934 ft	55	2003
71.	Chongqing World Trade Cen..	Chongqing	283 m	929 ft	60	2005
72.	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	283 m	928 ft	62	1999
73.	The Trump Building	New York City	283 m	927 ft	70	1930
74.	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas	281 m	921 ft	72	1985
75.	Republic Plaza	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1996
76.	OUB Centre	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	63	1988
77.	UOB Plaza One	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1992
78.	Citigroup Center	New York City	279 m	915 ft	59	1977
79.	Hong Kong New World Tower	Shanghai	278 m	913 ft	61	2002
80.	Diwang International Comm..	Nanning	276 m	906 ft	54	2006
81.	Scotia Plaza	Toronto	275 m	902 ft	68	1988
82.	Williams Tower	Houston	275 m	901 ft	64	1983
83.	Wuhan World Trade Tower	Wuhan	273 m	896 ft	58	1998
84.	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	270 m	886 ft	56	1974
85.	The Cullinan I	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2008
86.	The Cullinan II	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2008
87.	China International Cente..	Guangzhou	270 m	884 ft	62	2007
88.	Dapeng International Plaz..	Guangzhou	269 m	884 ft	56
89.	One Lujiazui	Shanghai	269 m	883 ft	47	2008
90.	21st Century Tower	Dubai	269 m	883 ft	55	2003
91.	Naberezhnaya Tower C	Moscow	268 m	881 ft	61	2007
92.	Al Faisaliyah Center	Riyadh	267 m	876 ft	30	2000
93.	900 North Michigan	Chicago	265 m	871 ft	66	1989
94.	Bank of America Corporate..	Charlotte	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
95.	SunTrust Plaza	Atlanta	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
96.	Al Kazim Tower 1	Dubai	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
97.	Al Kazim Tower 2	Dubai	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
98.	Bocom Financial Towers	Shanghai	265 m	869 ft	52	2002
99.	120 Collins Street	Melbourne	265 m	869 ft	52	1991
100.	Triumph-Palace	Moscow	264 m	866 ft	54	2005
101.	Tower Palace Three, Tower..	Seoul	264 m	865 ft	73	2004
102.	Trump World Tower	New York City	262 m	861 ft	72	2001
103.	Shenzhen Special Zone Pre..	Shenzhen	262 m	860 ft	48	1998
104.	Water Tower Place	Chicago	262 m	859 ft	74	1976
105.	Grand Gateway Shanghai I	Shanghai	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
106.	Grand Gateway Shanghai II	Shanghai	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
107.	Aon Center	Los Angeles	262 m	858 ft	62	1973
108.	Grand Lisboa	Macao	261 m	856 ft	47	2008
109.	Sapphire	Istanbul	261 m	856 ft	54	2010
110.	The Masterpiece	Hong Kong	261 m	856 ft	64	2007
111.	Canada Trust Tower	Toronto	261 m	856 ft	53	1990
112.	101 Collins Street	Melbourne	260 m	853 ft	50	1991
113.	Fortune Plaza Office Buil..	Beijing	260 m	853 ft	63	2008
114.	The Vision Tower	Dubai	260 m	853 ft	60	2010
115.	Dual Tower 1	Manama	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
116.	Dual Tower 2	Manama	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
117.	Post & Telecommunication ..	Guangzhou	260 m	853 ft	66	2003
118.	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	260 m	853 ft	48	1972
119.	Chase Tower	Chicago	259 m	850 ft	60	1969
120.	GE Building	New York City	259 m	850 ft	69	1933
121.	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt am Main	259 m	850 ft	58	1997
122.	PBCOM Tower	Makati	259 m	848 ft	55	2000
123.	Two Liberty Place	Philadelphia	258 m	848 ft	58	1990
124.	Lanko·Grand Hyatt Hotel	Chongqing	258 m	846 ft	60	2004
125.	Park Tower	Chicago	257 m	844 ft	67	2000
126.	St. Petersburg	Moscow	257 m	843 ft	65	2010
127.	MesseTurm	Frankfurt am Main	257 m	842 ft	55	1990
128.	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	256 m	841 ft	64	1970
129.	Sorrento 1	Hong Kong	256 m	841 ft	75	2003
130.	Emirates Marina Serviced ..	Dubai	256 m	840 ft	59	2007
131.	Mok-dong Hyperion I, Towe..	Seoul	256 m	840 ft	69	2003
132.	Rinku Gate Tower Building	Izumisano	256 m	840 ft	56	1996
133.	New Century Plaza Tower A	Nanjing	255 m	837 ft	52	2006
134.	Langham Place Office Towe..	Hong Kong	255 m	837 ft	59	2004
135.	Capital Tower	Singapore	253 m	830 ft	52	2000
136.	Highcliff	Hong Kong	252 m	828 ft	72	2003
137.	Bank of Shanghai Headquar..	Shanghai	252 m	827 ft	46	2005
138.	Osaka World Trade Center	Osaka	252 m	827 ft	55	1995
139.	The Harbourside	Hong Kong	251 m	824 ft	73	2003
140.	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	251 m	824 ft	63	1986
141.	Jiali Plaza	Wuhan	251 m	823 ft	61	1997
142.	Chelsea Tower	Dubai	250 m	820 ft	49	2005
143.	Wisma 46	Jakarta	250 m	820 ft	50	1996
144.	Park Tower	Beijing	250 m	820 ft	63	2007
145.	One Atlantic Center	Atlanta	250 m	820 ft	50	1987
146.	Torre Caja Madrid	Madrid	250 m	820 ft	45	2008
147.	Aqua	Chicago	250 m	819 ft	81	2009
148.	The Legacy at Millennium ..	Chicago	250 m	819 ft	73	2010
149.	KLI 63 Building	Seoul	249 m	817 ft	60	1985
150.	Central Park	Perth	249 m	817 ft	52	1992
151.	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	249 m	817 ft	45	2008
152.	CitySpire Center	New York City	248 m	814 ft	75	1987
153.	Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub	Hangzhou	248 m	814 ft	41	2003
154.	Mid Town Tower	Tokyo	248 m	813 ft	54	2007
155.	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	248 m	813 ft	60	1961
156.	State Tower	Bangkok	247 m	811 ft	68	2001
157.	Chase Tower	Indianapolis	247 m	811 ft	49	1990
158.	Midland Square	Nagoya	247 m	810 ft	40	2006
159.	4 Times Square	New York City	247 m	809 ft	48	1999
160.	MetLife Building	New York City	246 m	808 ft	59	1963
161.	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	246 m	806 ft	54	2005
162.	One Raffles Quay North To..	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	50	2006
163.	Al Fattan Tower	Dubai	245 m	804 ft	54	2006
164.	JR Central Office Tower	Nagoya	245 m	804 ft	51	2000
165.	Marina Bay Tower	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	70	2008
166.	Oasis Beach Tower	Dubai	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
167.	Shin Kong Life Tower	Taipei	245 m	803 ft	51	1993
168.	City Gate Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	244 m	801 ft	68	2001
169.	Chifley Tower	Sydney	244 m	801 ft	50	1992
170.	Arenco Tower	Dubai	244 m	800 ft	46	2008
171.	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	244 m	799 ft	50	1988
172.	Tokyo City Hall, Tower I	Tokyo	243 m	799 ft	48	1991
173.	R&F Centre	Guangzhou	243 m	797 ft	54	2007
174.	Citigroup Centre	Sydney	243 m	797 ft	50	2000
175.	Dalian Futures Square 1	Dalian	243 m	797 ft	53	2008
176.	Dalian Futures Square 2	Dalian	243 m	797 ft	53	2008
177.	The Tower	Dubai	243 m	796 ft	54	2002
178.	Zapad	Moscow	242 m	795 ft	62	2008
179.	Dalian World Trade Center	Dalian	242 m	794 ft	50	2000
180.	Mellon Bank Center	Philadelphia	241 m	792 ft	54	1990
181.	Woolworth Building	New York City	241 m	792 ft	57	1913
182.	IDS Tower	Minneapolis	241 m	792 ft	55	1973
183.	Maxdo Centre	Shanghai	241 m	792 ft	55	2002
184.	Bank of China Mansion	Qingdao	241 m	791 ft	54	1999
185.	Hancock Place	Boston	241 m	790 ft	60	1976
186.	Shenzhen Broadcasting Cen..	Shenzhen	241 m	790 ft	48	2001
187.	Four Seasons Hotel & Towe..	Miami	240 m	789 ft	64	2003
188.	Manulife Plaza	Hong Kong	240 m	789 ft	52	1998
189.	Panglin Plaza	Shenzhen	240 m	787 ft	57	1999
190.	Bahrain World Trade Centr..	Manama	240 m	787 ft	45	2008
191.	Bahrain World Trade Centr..	Manama	240 m	787 ft	45	2008
192.	Moscow State University	Moscow	240 m	787 ft	36	1953
193.	NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Buildin..	Tokyo	240 m	787 ft	28	2000
194.	Sunshine 60 Building	Tokyo	240 m	787 ft	60	1978
195.	Deutsche Bank Place	Sydney	240 m	787 ft	39	2005
196.	Comerica Bank Tower	Dallas	240 m	787 ft	60	1987
197.	Mok-dong Hyperion I, Towe..	Seoul	239 m	785 ft	63	2003
198.	300 North LaSalle	Chicago	239 m	785 ft	60	2009
199.	Beijing TV Centre	Beijing	239 m	784 ft	41	2006
200.	Commerce Court West	Toronto	239 m	784 ft	57	1972

Last update: 9/2010.

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