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List of tallest buildings

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A chart showing the world's tallest buildings as of 2022, including famous skyscrapers like the Burj Khalifa and Shanghai Tower.

List of Tallest Buildings

Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered how tall the buildings are? Tall buildings, called skyscrapers, are special places where people can live or work. To be on this list, a building must be at least 350 metres (1,148 feet) tall!

The Tallest Buildings

Here are some of the tallest buildings in the world:

  1. Burj Khalifa – 828 metres (2,717 feet)
    Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest building in the world!

  2. Merdeka 118 – 678.9 metres (2,227 feet)
    Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the tallest building in Southeast Asia!

  3. Shanghai Tower – 632 metres (2,073 feet)
    Located in Shanghai, China. It is the tallest building in East Asia!

  4. Mecca Royal Clock Tower – 601 metres (1,972 feet)
    Located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the tallest clock tower in the world!

  5. Ping An Finance Centre – 599.1 metres (1,966 feet)
    Located in Shenzhen, China. It is the tallest all-office building in the world!

Fun Facts

  • Burj Khalifa was completed in 2010 and has 163 floors.
  • Shanghai Tower is twisty, like a tall, thin spiral!
  • Merdeka 118 is the newest tallest building, finished in 2024.

Why Are Buildings So Tall?

Buildings grow tall to fit more people and offices in one place. They also become famous landmarks that people visit from all over the world. If you look up at the sky in a big city, you might see one of these incredible tall buildings reaching up into the clouds!

These amazing buildings are found around the world, mostly in big cities like Dubai, Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur. Engineers and architects design them to be strong and safe, even in bad weather or earthquakes.

Images

A tall modern building called Merdeka 118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Pingan International Finance Center, the tallest building in Shenzhen, China.
A view of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States, located in New York City.
A tall, modern skyscraper in Guangzhou, China, known as the CTF Finance Center.
A modern skyscraper in Tianjin, China, viewed from the Binhai Cultural Centre.
A photograph of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei City, taken in October 2019.
A stunning view of the Shanghai World Financial Center, a famous modern skyscraper, as seen from another tall building in Shanghai.
A tall modern skyscraper in Hong Kong known as the International Commerce Centre.
The Shanghai Tower, a tall modern skyscraper in Shanghai, China.
The Wuhan Greenland Center is a tall, modern skyscraper in China.

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