List of tallest buildings in the world-

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These are lists of skyscrapers, ranked by

• structural height (vertical elevation from the base to the highest architectural or integral structural element of the building);
• highest point on the building.

These lists only include buildings that:

• are completed or topped-out, and
• have continuous occupiable floors (high-rise buildings).

For lists that include non-building structures, see

• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
• List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
• List of tallest structures in the world
• List of tallest towers in the world

Ranking criteria and alternatives-

The non-profit, international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The Worlds Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world. The council currently ranks Burj Khalifa as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft). The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete, however, and some buildings listed within these list articles are not considered complete by the CTBUH.
In 1996, as a response to the dispute as to whether the Petronas Towers or the Willis Tower was taller, the council listed and ranked buildings in four categories:

• height of structural or architectural top
• height of highest occupied floor
• height to the top of roof (removed as category November 2009)
• height to top of any part of the building.

Spires are considered integral parts of the architectural design of buildings, to which changes would substantially change the appearance and design of the building, whereas antennas may be added or removed without such consequences. This naturally hurts the rankings of buildings without spires, or with antennas instead of spires, or with shorter spires. The most famous such discrepancy is that Petronas Towers, with their spires, are ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower roofs and lower highest points (of spire/antenna).

However, this type of discrepancy has happened before, without resulting in a change of the criteria used to determine the world's tallest building, which until 1996 was the height to the top of the tallest architectural element (spires, but not antennae). A famous historical case of this discrepancy was the rivalry between 40 Wall Street building (then known as the Bank of Manhattan Building) and the Chrysler Building. The Bank of Manhattan Building employed only a short spire and was 927ft (283m) tall and had a much higher top occupied floor (the second category in the 1996 criteria for tallest building). In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 125ft (38m) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 1048 feet, despite having a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both building's spires are not counted in their heights. Upset by Chrysler’s victory, Shreve & Lamb, the consulting architects of 40 Wall Street, wrote a newspaper article claiming that their building was actually the tallest, since it contained the world's highest usable floor. They pointed out that the observation deck in the Bank of Manhattan Building was nearly 100 feet above the top floor in the Chrysler Building, whose surpassing spire was strictly ornamental and essentially inaccessible.

 Tallest skyscrapers by architectural detail (top 200)-

Rank	Building	City	Country	Height		Floors	Built
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	828 m	2,717 ft	162	2010
2	Taipei 101	Taipei	Taiwan	508 m	1,667 ft	101	2004
3	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	China	492 m	1,614 ft	101	2008
4	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	484 m	1,588 ft	108	2010
5	Petronas Twin Towers	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	452 m	1,483 ft	88	1998
6	Nanjing Greenland Financial Center	Nanjing	China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2010
7	Willis Tower	Chicago	USA	442 m	1,451 ft	108	1974
8	Guangzhou West Tower	Guangzhou	China	438 m	1,435 ft	103	2010
9	Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	USA	423 m	1,389 ft	98	2009
10	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	China	421 m	1,380 ft	88	1999
11	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	415 m	1,362 ft	88	2003
12	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	Kuwait	413 m	1,353 ft	77	2010
13	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou	China	391 m	1,283 ft	80	1997
14	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen	China	384 m	1,260 ft	69	1996
15	Empire State Building	New York City	USA	381 m	1,250 ft	102	1931
16	Emirates Park Tower 1	Dubai	UAE	376 m	1,234 ft	77	2010
17	Emirates Park Tower 2	Dubai	UAE	376 m	1,234 ft	77	2010
18	Central Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	374 m	1,227 ft	78	1992
19	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	367 m	1,205 ft	70	1990
20	Bank of America Tower	New York City	USA	366 m	1,200 ft	54	2009
21	Almas Tower	Dubai	UAE	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2009
22	Emirates Office Tower	Dubai	UAE	355 m	1,163 ft	54	2000
23	Tuntex Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	348 m	1,140 ft	85	1997
24	Aon Center	Chicago	USA	346 m	1,136 ft	83	1973
25	The Center	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	346 m	1,135 ft	73	1998
26	John Hancock Center	Chicago	USA	344 m	1,128 ft	100	1969
27	Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower	Dubai	UAE	342 m	1,122 ft	76	2010
28	Wenzhou World Trade Center	Wenzhou	China	333 m	1,094 ft	68	2010
29	Rose Tower	Dubai	UAE	333 m	1,093 ft	72	2007
30	Shanghai Shimao International Plaza	Shanghai	China	333 m	1,093 ft	60	2006
31	Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan	China	331 m	1,087 ft	68	2007
32	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	North Korea	330 m	1,083 ft	105
33	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	China	330 m	1,083 ft	74	2009
34	Al Yaqoub Tower	Dubai	UAE	330 m	1,083 ft	72	2010
35	The Index	Dubai	UAE	328 m	1,076 ft	80	2010
36	Sky Tower	Auckland	New Zealand	328 m	1,076 ft	Not available	1997
37	Q1	Gold Coast	Australia	323 m	1,058 ft	80	2005
38	Burj Al Arab	Dubai	UAE	321 m	1,053 ft	60	1999
39	Chrysler Building	New York City	USA	319 m	1,046 ft	77	1930
40	Nina Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	319 m	1,046 ft	80	2007
40	New York Times Building	New York City	USA	319 m	1,046 ft	52	2007
41	HHHR Tower	Dubai	UAE	317 m	1,040 ft	72	2010
42	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	USA	312 m	1,023 ft	55	1992
43	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles	USA	310 m	1,018 ft	73	1989
44	Menara Telekom	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	310 m	1,017 ft	55	2001
45	Ocean Heights	Dubai	UAE	310 m	1,017 ft	82	2010
46	Sky Tower	Abu Dhabi	UAE	310 m	1,017 ft	74	2010
47	Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel	Dubai	UAE	309 m	1,014 ft	56	2000
48	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago	USA	307 m	1,007 ft	60	1989
49	The Address Downtown Burj Khalifa	Dubai	UAE	306 m	1,004 ft	63	2008
50	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	USA	305 m	1,002 ft	75	1982
51	Northeast Asia Trade Tower	Incheon	South Korea	305 m	1,001 ft	70	2010
52	Baiyoke Tower II	Bangkok	Thailand	304 m	997 ft	85	1997
53	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago	USA	303 m	995 ft	64	1990
54	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	USA	302 m	992 ft	71	1983
55	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	302 m	992 ft	41	2002
56	Moscow Tower	Moscow	Russia	302 m	989 ft	76	2010
57	Aspire Tower	Doha	Qatar	300 m	984 ft	36	2007
58	Arraya 2	Kuwait City	Kuwait	300 m	984 ft	60	2009
59	One Island East	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	298 m	984 ft	60	2009
60	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298 m	978 ft	72	1976
61	Shanghai Wheelock Square	Shanghai	China	298 m	978 ft	58	2010
62	Eureka Tower	Melbourne	Australia	297 m	975 ft	91	2006
63	Comcast Center	Philadelphia	USA	297 m	975 ft	57	2008
64	Yokohama Landmark Tower	Yokohama	Japan	296 m	972 ft	73	1993
65	Emirates Crown	Dubai	UAE	296 m	971 ft	63	2008
66	Central Park Office Tower	Dubai	UAE	294 m	964 ft	49	2010
67	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	USA	293 m	961 ft	65	1990
68	SEG Plaza	Shenzhen	China	292 m	957 ft	70	2000
69	American International Building	New York City	USA	290 m	952 ft	66	1932
70	Key Tower	Cleveland	USA	289 m	947 ft	57	1991
71	Plaza 66 Tower One	Shanghai	China	288 m	945 ft	66	2001
72	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia	USA	288 m	945 ft	61	1987
73	Columbia Center	Seattle	USA	285 m	937 ft	76	1985
74	Sulafa Tower	Dubai	UAE	285 m	935 ft	75	2009
75	Millennium Tower	Dubai	UAE	285 m	935 ft	60	2006
76	Tomorrow Square	Shanghai	China	285 m	934 ft	55	2003
77	Chongqing World Trade Center	Chongqing	China	283 m	929 ft	60	2005
78	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	283 m	928 ft	62	1999
79	The Trump Building	New York City	USA	283 m	927 ft	70	1930
80	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas	USA	281 m	921 ft	72	1985
81	Republic Plaza	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1996
82	OUB Centre	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	63	1988
83	UOB Plaza One	Singapore	Singapore	280 m	919 ft	66	1992
84	Citigroup Center	New York City	USA	279 m	915 ft	59	1977
85	Hong Kong New World Tower	Shanghai	China	278 m	913 ft	61	2002
86	Diwang International Commerce Center	Nanning	China	276 m	906 ft	54	2006
87	Scotia Plaza	Toronto	Canada	275 m	902 ft	68	1988
88	Mag 218 Tower	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	275 m	902 ft	66	2008
89	Williams Tower	Houston	USA	275 m	901 ft	64	1983
90	Wuhan World Trade Tower	Wuhan	China	273 m	896 ft	58	1998
91	Renaissance Tower	Dallas	USA	270 m	886 ft	56	1974
92	The Cullinan North Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2008
93	The Cullinan South Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	270 m	886 ft	68	2008
94	China International Center Tower B	Guangzhou	China	270 m	884 ft	62	2007
95	JAL Hotel	Dubai	UAE	270 m	886 ft	60	2008
96	Dapeng International Plaza	Guangzhou	China	269 m	884 ft	56	2006
97	One Lujiazui	Shanghai	China	269 m	883 ft	47	2008
98	21st Century Tower	Dubai	UAE	269 m	883 ft	55	2003
99	Naberezhnaya Tower C	Moscow	Russia	268 m	881 ft	61	2007
100	Al Faisaliyah Center	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	267 m	876 ft	30	2000
101	900 North Michigan	Chicago	USA	265 m	871 ft	66	1989
102	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	USA	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
103	SunTrust Plaza	Atlanta	USA	265 m	871 ft	60	1992
104	Al Kazim Tower 1	Dubai	UAE	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
105	Al Kazim Tower 2	Dubai	UAE	265 m	869 ft	53	2008
106	Bocom Financial Towers	Shanghai	China	265 m	869 ft	52	2002
107	120 Collins Street	Melbourne	Australia	265m	869 ft	52	1991
108	Triumph-Palace	Moscow	Russia	264 m	866 ft	54	2005
109	Samsung Tower Palace 3, Tower G	Seoul	South Korea	264 m	865 ft	73	2004
110	Wisma 46	Jakarta	Indonesia	262 m	861 ft	48	1996
111	Bitexco Financial Tower	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	262 m	861 ft	68	2010
112	Trump World Tower	New York City	USA	262 m	861 ft	72	2001
113	Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower	Shenzhen	China	262 m	860 ft	48	1998
114	Water Tower Place	Chicago	USA	262 m	859 ft	74	1976
115	Grand Gateway Shanghai I	Shanghai	China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
116	Grand Gateway Shanghai II	Shanghai	China	262 m	859 ft	52	2005
117	Aon Center	Los Angeles	USA	262 m	858 ft	62	1973
118	Grand Lisboa	Macau	Macau	261 m	856 ft	47	2008
119	Sapphire of Istanbul	Istanbul	Turkey	261 m	856 ft	54	2010
120	The Masterpiece	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	261 m	856 ft	64	2007
121	TD Canada Trust Tower	Toronto	Canada	261 m	856 ft	53	1990
122	Central Park Residential Tower	Dubai	UAE	261 m	856 ft	51	2010
123	Fortune Plaza	Beijing	China	260 m	853 ft	63	2008
124	Khalid Al Attar Tower 2	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	260 m	853 ft	61	2010
125	Vision Tower	Dubai	UAE	260 m	853 ft	60	2010
126	101 Collins Street	Melbourne	Australia	260 m	853 ft	50	1991
127	Bahrain Financial Harbour 1	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
128	Bahrain Financial Harbour 2	Manama	Bahrain	260 m	853 ft	53	2007
129	Post & Telecommunication Hub	Guangzhou	China	260 m	853 ft	66	2003
130	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	USA	260 m	853 ft	48	1972
131	Chase Tower	Chicago	USA	259 m	850 ft	60	1969
132	GE Building	New York City	USA	259 m	850 ft	69	1933
133	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt	Germany	259 m	850 ft	56	1997
134	PBCOM Tower	Makati	Philippines	259 m	848 ft	55	2000
135	Two Liberty Place	Philadelphia	USA	258 m	848 ft	58	1990
136	Lanko·Grand Hyatt Hotel	Chongqing	China	258 m	846 ft	60	2004
137	Park Tower	Chicago	USA	257 m	844 ft	67	2000
138	St. Petersburg Tower	Moscow	Russia	257 m	843 ft	65	2010
139	MesseTurm	Frankfurt	Germany	257 m	842 ft	55	1990
140	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	USA	256 m	841 ft	64	1970
141	Sorrento 1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	256 m	841 ft	75	2003
142	The Harbour Hotel & Residence	Dubai	UAE	256 m	840 ft	59	2007
143	Hyperion Tower A	Seoul	South Korea	256 m	840 ft	69	2003
144	Rinku Gate Tower Building	Izumisano	Japan	256 m	840 ft	56	1996
145	New Century Plaza Tower A	Nanjing	China	255 m	837 ft	52	2006
146	Langham Place Office Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	255 m	837 ft	59	2004
147	Capital Tower	Singapore	Singapore	253 m	830 ft	52	2000
148	Highcliff	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	252 m	828 ft	72	2003
149	Bank of Shanghai Headquarters	Shanghai	China	252 m	827 ft	46	2005
150	Osaka World Trade Center Building	Osaka	Japan	252 m	827 ft	55	1995
151	The Harbourside	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	251 m	824 ft	73	2003
152	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	251 m	824 ft	63	1986
153	Jiali Plaza	Wuhan	China	251 m	823 ft	61	1997
154	Chelsea Tower	Dubai	UAE	250 m	820 ft	49	2005
155	Beijing Yintai Centre Tower 2	Beijing	China	250 m	820 ft	63	2007
156	One Atlantic Center	Atlanta	USA	250 m	820 ft	50	1987
157	Caja Madrid Tower	Madrid	Spain	250 m	820 ft	45	2008
158	Aqua	Chicago	USA	250 m	819 ft	81	2009
159	The Legacy at Millennium Park	Chicago	USA	250 m	819 ft	73	2010
160	The Imperial I	Mumbai	India	249 m	817 ft	60	2009
161	The Imperial II	Mumbai	India	249 m	817 ft	60	2009
162	63 Building	Seoul	South Korea	249 m	817 ft	60	1985
163	Central Park	Perth	Australia	249 m	817 ft	52	1992
164	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	Spain	249 m	817 ft	45	2008
165	CitySpire Center	New York City	USA	248 m	814 ft	75	1987
166	Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub	Hangzhou	China	248 m	814 ft	41	2003
167	Mid Town Tower	Tokyo	Japan	248 m	813 ft	54	2007
168	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	USA	248 m	813 ft	60	1961
169	State Tower	Bangkok	Thailand	247 m	811 ft	68	2001
170	Chase Tower	Indianapolis	USA	247 m	811 ft	49	1990
171	Toyota-Mainichi Building	Nagoya	Japan	247 m	810 ft	40	2006
172	Conde Nast Building	New York City	USA	247 m	809 ft	48	1999
173	MetLife Building	New York City	USA	246 m	808 ft	59	1963
174	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	USA	246 m	806 ft	54	2005
175	One Raffles Quay North Tower	Singapore	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	50	2006
176	Al Fattan Tower	Dubai	UAE	245 m	804 ft	54	2006
177	JR Central Office Tower	Nagoya	Japan	245 m	804 ft	51	2000
178	The Sail @ Marina Bay	Singapore	Singapore	245 m	804 ft	70	2008
179	Oasis Beach Tower	Dubai	UAE	245 m	804 ft	51	2006
180	Shin Kong Life Tower	Taipei	Taiwan	245 m	803 ft	51	1993
181	Moshe Aviv Tower	Ramat Gan	Israel	244 m	801 ft	68	2001
182	Chifley Tower	Sydney	Australia	244 m	801 ft	50	1992
183	AAM Tower	Dubai	UAE	244 m	800 ft	46	2008
184	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	244 m	799 ft	50	1988
185	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building	Tokyo	Japan	243 m	799 ft	48	1991
186	R&F Centre	Guangzhou	China	243 m	799 ft	54	2007
187	Citigroup Centre	Sydney	Australia	243 m	797 ft	50	2000
188	Dalian Futures Trading Plaza Tower 1	Dalian	China	243 m	797 ft	53	2008
189	Dalian Futures Trading Plaza Tower 2	Dalian	China	243 m	797 ft	53	2009
190	The Tower	Dubai	UAE	243 m	796 ft	54	2002
191	Federation Tower West	Moscow	Russia	242 m	795 ft	62	2008
192	Dalian World Trade Center	Dalian	China	242 m	794 ft	50	2000
193	Mellon Bank Center	Philadelphia	USA	241 m	792 ft	54	1990
194	Woolworth Building	New York City	USA	241 m	792 ft	57	1913
195	IDS Tower	Minneapolis	USA	241 m	792 ft	55	1973
196	Maxdo Centre	Shanghai	China	241 m	792 ft	55	2002
197	Bank of China Mansion	Qingdao	China	241 m	791 ft	54	1999
198	Hancock Place	Boston	USA	241 m	790 ft	60	1976
199	Shenzhen Broadcasting Center Building	Shenzhen	China	241 m	790 ft	48	2001
200	Four Seasons Hotel Miami	Miami	USA	240 m	789 ft	64	2003
201	Manulife Plaza	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	240 m	789 ft	52	1998
202	Panglin Plaza	Shenzhen	China	240 m	787 ft	57	1999
203	Bahrain World Trade Center 1	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	45	2008
204	Bahrain World Trade Center 2	Manama	Bahrain	240 m	787 ft	45	2008
205	Moscow State University	Moscow	Russia	240 m	787 ft	36	1953
206	NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	28	2000
207	Sunshine 60	Tokyo	Japan	240 m	787 ft	60	1978
208	Deutsche Bank Place	Sydney	Australia	240 m	787 ft	39	2005
209	Comerica Bank Tower	Dallas	USA	240 m	787 ft	60	198

 Alternative measurements

 Height to roof-

Some skyscraper aficionados prefer height to roof to determine tallest building in the world, as "architectural feature" is regarded as a subjective and less-fair measure. In November 2009, the CTBUH stopped using the roof height as a method of measurement for tall buildings.

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