🏙️ Tallest Buildings in the World
Completed buildings ranked by architectural height.
- 🇦🇪Burj Khalifa — Dubai828 m
- 🇲🇾Merdeka 118 — Kuala Lumpur679 m
- 🇨🇳Shanghai Tower632 m
- 🇸🇦Abraj Al-Bait — Mecca601 m
- 🇨🇳Ping An Finance Center — Shenzhen599 m
- 🇰🇷Lotte World Tower — Seoul555 m
- 🇺🇸One World Trade Center — New York541 m
- 🇨🇳Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre530 m
- 🇨🇳Tianjin CTF Finance Centre530 m
- 🇨🇳CITIC Tower — Beijing528 m
1
🇦🇪Burj Khalifa — Dubai
828 m
2
🇲🇾Merdeka 118 — Kuala Lumpur
679 m
3
🇨🇳Shanghai Tower
632 m
4
🇸🇦Abraj Al-Bait — Mecca
601 m
5
🇨🇳Ping An Finance Center — Shenzhen
599 m
6
🇰🇷Lotte World Tower — Seoul
555 m
7
🇺🇸One World Trade Center — New York
541 m
8
🇨🇳Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m
9
🇨🇳Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m
10
🇨🇳CITIC Tower — Beijing
528 m
Highlights
As of 2025, Burj Khalifa — Dubai ranks first with 828 m, followed by Merdeka 118 — Kuala Lumpur (679 m) and Shanghai Tower (632 m).
Across 10 countries and territories, values run from 828 m (Burj Khalifa — Dubai) to 528 m (CITIC Tower — Beijing), with a median of 577 m.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.
Source: CTBUH, 2025. Unit: meters.
Source: CTBUH · entered by hand Oct 14, 2026 — Hand-entered sample values; replace with figures checked against the source before publishing.