Top 20 tallest buildings in the world 2024

Throughout the history of architecture, there has been a continual quest for height. Thousands of workers toiled on the pyramids of ancient Egypt, the cathedrals of Europe and countless other towers, all striving to create something awe-inspiring. People build tall buildings primarily because they are convenient – you can create a lot of real estate out of a relatively small ground area.

But ego and grandeur do sometimes play a significant role in the scope of the construction, just as it did in earlier civilizations. Up until relatively recently, we could only go so high. After a certain point, it just wasn’t feasible to keep building up. In the late 1800s, new technology redefined these limits. Suddenly, it was possible to live and work in colossal towers, hundreds of feet above the ground.

Rank	Building	Country	Height
1.	Burj Khalifa	United Arab Emirates	828 m (2,717 ft)
2.	Merdeka 118	Malaysia	678.9 m (2,227 ft)
3.	Shanghai Tower	China	632 m (2,073 ft)
4.	Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower	Saudi Arabia	601 m (1,972 ft)
5.	Ping An International Finance Center	China	599.1 m (1,966 ft)
6.	Lotte World Tower	South Korea	554.5 m (1,819 ft)
7.	One World Trade Center	United States	541.3 m (1,776 ft)
8.	Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre	China	530 m (1,739 ft)
9.	Tianjin CTF Finance Centre	China	530 m (1,739 ft)
10.	China Zun	China	527.7 m (1,731 ft)
11.	Taipei 101	Taiwan	508 m (1,667 ft)
12.	Shanghai World Financial Center	China	492 m (1,614 ft)
13.	International Commerce Centre	China	484 m (1,588 ft)
14.	Wuhan Greenland Center	China	475.6 m (1,560 ft)
15.	Central Park Tower	United States	472.4 m (1,550 ft)
16.	Lakhta Center	Russia	462 m (1,516 ft)
17.	Landmark 81	Vietnam	461.2 m (1,513 ft)
18.	International Land-Sea Center	China	458.2 m (1,503 ft)
19.	Changsha IFS Tower T1	China	452.1 m (1,483 ft)
20.	Petronas Tower 1	Malaysia	451.9 m (1,483 ft)
	Petronas Tower 2	Malaysia	451.9 m (1,483 ft)

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