World's Tallest Buildings

Rank	Building, City	Year	Stories	Height (m)	Height (ft)
1	Burj Dubai, Dubai, The United Arab Emirates	2009	162	818	2,684
2	Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan	2004	101	508	1,667
3	World Financial Center, Shanghai, China	2008	101	492	1,614
4	Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	88	452	1,483
5	Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	88	452	1,483
6	Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing, China	2009	66	450	1,476
7	Sears Tower, Chicago	1974	110	442	1,451
8	Guangzhou West Tower, Guangzhou, China	2009	103	438	1,435
9	Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China	1999	88	421	1,381
10	Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong	2003	88	415	1,362

World's Tallest Towers

Tower, City	Year	Height (m)	Height (ft)
Canadian National (CN) Tower, Toronto	1975	553	1,815
Ostankino Tower, Moscow	1967	537	1,762
KFVS TV Tower, Missouri	1960	511	1,677
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai	1995	468	1,535
Milad Tower, Tehran	2005	435	1,427
Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1996	421	1,403
Tianjin TV Tower, Tianjin, China	1991	415	1,362
Central Radio & TV Tower, Beijing	1992	405	1,329
Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine	1973	385	1,263
Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1985	375	1,230
Liberation Tower, Kuwait City	1996	372	1,221
Alma-Ata Tower, Almaty, Kazakhstan	1983	371	1,217
Riga TV Tower, Riga, Latvia	1987	368	1,209
Fernsehturm Tower, Germany	1969	368	1,207
Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, United States	1996	350	1,149
Macau Tower, Macau, China	2001	338	1,109

Name	River, Location	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Year completed
Rogun	Vakhsh, Tajikistan	335	1,099	1985
Nurek	Vakhsh, Tajikistan	300	984	1980
Xiaowan	Lancang, China	292	958	under construction
Grande Dixence	Dixence, Switzerland	285	935	1962
Inguri	Inguri, Georgia	272	892	1984
Vaiont	Vaiont, Italy	262	859	1961
Manuel M. Torres	Grijalva, Mexico	261	856	1981
Tehri	Bhagirathi, India	261	856	under construction
Álvaro Obregón	Mextiquic, Mexico	260	853	1926
Mauvoisin	Drance de Bagnes, Switzerland	250	820	1957
Alberto Lleras	Orinoco, Colombia	243	797	1989
Mica	British Columbia, Canada	243	797	1972
Sayano-Shushenskaya	Yenisei, Russia	242	794	1980
Ertan	Yangtze/Yalong, China	240	787	1999
La Esmeralda	Batá, Colombia	237	778	1975

Name	Location	Length (km)	Year completed
Railroad, excluding subways
Seikan	Tsugaru Strait, Japan	53.9	1988
Channel Tunnel	English Channel, England-France	50.0	1994
Iwate Ichinohe	Tanigawa Mountains, Japan	25.8	2002
Daishimizu	Mikuni Mountain Range, Japan	22.2	1982
Simplon (I and II)	Alps, Switzerland-Italy	19.8	1906, 1922
Vereina	Klosters-Sagliains, Switzerland	19.1	1999
Shin Kanmon	Kanmon Strait, Japan	18.7	1975
Apennine	Bologna-Florence, Italy	18.5	2002
Vehicular
Laerdal	Laerdal–Aurland, Norway	24.5	2000
St. Gotthard	Alps, Switzerland	16.4	1980
Arlberg	Austrian Alps	14.0	1979
Fréjus	French Alps	12.9	1980
Mt. Blanc	Alps, France-Italy	11.3	1965
Gudvanga	Bergen-Oslo, Norway	11.4	1991
Folgefonn	Odda-Gjerde, Norway	11.2	2001
Kanetsu (southbound)	Tokyo-Niigata, Japan	11.0	1991
Kanetsu (northbound)	Tokyo-Niigata, Japan	10.9	1985