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List of tallest buildings by country

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The Downtown One Building in Tirana, Albania, a modern skyscraper completed in 2023.

This section provides a list of the tallest buildings in the world by country, featuring only the single highest building within each nation. The data includes only those buildings that are either completed or topped out. Currently, only 25 countries contain supertall skyscrapers exceeding 300 meters (984 ft), while four nations possess megatall skyscrapers surpassing 600 meters (1,969 ft). These amazing structures show how architecture has developed around the world. Although many countries completed their tallest structures during the 2010s, the oldest remains the Caracol temple in Belize, which has served as the tallest building in the country since approximately 1200 BC. This list helps us understand how different places have built impressive tall buildings over many years.

Completed or topped out

This list shows the tallest building in each country that has been finished or nearly finished. The height of each building is measured to the top of its architecture, including any permanent spires but not antenna masts.

The tallest building on each continent is also featured.

Country/TerritoryBuildingCityHeightFloorsYearImage
AfghanistanMohib TowersKabul101 m (331 ft)282021
AlbaniaDowntown OneTirana150 m (492 ft)402025
AlgeriaGreat Mosque of Algiers TowerAlgiers264.3 m (867 ft)362019
AndorraCaldeaEscaldes–Engordany80 m (262 ft)181994
AngolaIMOB Business TowerLuanda145 m (476 ft)352018
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's CathedralSt. John's21 m (69 ft)1845
ArgentinaAlvear TowerBuenos Aires235.2 m (772 ft)552018
ArmeniaElite Plaza Business CenterYerevan85 m (279 ft)192012
AustraliaQ1Gold Coast322.5 m (1,058 ft)782005
AustriaDC Tower 1Vienna220 m (722 ft)602013
AzerbaijanBaku TowerBaku276.3 m (906 ft)492020
BahamasAtlantis Royal Tower EastParadise Island93 m (305 ft)231998
BahrainFour Seasons HotelManama269.7 m (885 ft)502015
BangladeshCity Centre DhakaDhaka171 m (561 ft)372012
BarbadosCentral Bank of BarbadosBridgetown50 m (164 ft)111985
BelarusInternational Finance CenterMinsk164 m (538 ft)422024 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
BelgiumTour du MidiBrussels150 m (490 ft)381967
BelizeCaanaCaracol43 m (141 ft)ca. 9th century CE
BeninBCEAO buildingCotonou64 m (210 ft)161994
BermudaGibbs Hill LighthouseSouthampton Parish36 m (118 ft)1846
BhutanSangye Migyur Ling LhakhangRamitey55 m (180 ft)102019
BoliviaGreen TowerLa Paz163.4 m (536 ft)402022
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAvaz Twist TowerSarajevo172 m (564 ft)392008
BotswanaiTowersGaborone105 m (344 ft)302016
BrazilYachthouse Residence ClubBalneário Camboriú294.1 m (965 ft)802024
BruneiMinistry of Finance BuildingBandar Seri Begawan120 m (394 ft)212001
BulgariaSky FortSofia202.2 m (663 ft)472023 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
Burkina FasoNational Monument of HeroesOuagadougou78 m (256 ft)62009
BurundiLe Panoramique HotelBujumbura32 m (105 ft)92015
CambodiaKBX Universal Financial CenterPhnom Penh264.6 m (868 ft)632026
CameroonPrime Ministry BuildingYaoundé90 m (295 ft)191987
CanadaSkyTower at Pinnacle One YongeToronto351.4 m (1,153 ft)1062026 (topped out)
Cape VerdeEdificio Verde CaraMindelo46.6 m (153 ft)132014
Cayman Islands60 Nexus WayCamana Bay47.2 m (155 ft)102023
Central African RepublicOuday Skaiky TowerBangui44 m (144 ft)142016
ChadONRTV TowerN'djamena70 m (230 ft)112015
ChileGran Torre CostaneraSantiago300 m (984 ft)622013
ChinaShanghai TowerShanghai632 m (2,073 ft)1282015
ColombiaBD Bacatá Torre SurBogotá216 m (709 ft)662018
ComorosBadjanani MosqueMoroni36 m (118 ft)1427
CongoTours MpilaBrazzaville135 m (443 ft)302019
Congo DRRiverside TowersKinshasa108 m (354 ft)302023
Costa RicaLeumi Business CenterSan José141 m (463 ft)382021
CroatiaDalmatia TowerSplit135 m (443 ft)282023
CubaLa Torre López-CallejasHavana154 m (505 ft)422025
CuraçaoPlaza Hotel CuraçaoWillemstad50 m (164 ft)141957
CyprusOne LimassolLimassol170 m (558 ft)372022
CyprusTrilogy Limassol Seafront West TowerLimassol170 m (558 ft)392024
Czech RepublicAZ TowerBrno111 m (364 ft)302013
DenmarkLighthouse 2.0Aarhus142.6 m (468 ft)442022
DjiboutiMezz TowerDjibouti City51 m (167 ft)162017
DominicaFinancial CentreRoseau26 m (85 ft)72003
Dominican RepublicAnacaona 27 TowerSanto Domingo161 m (528 ft)412017
East TimorDFBC Tower 1Dili57.4 m (188 ft)162021 (topped out, currently on hold)
EcuadorTorre The PointGuayaquil136.6 m (448 ft)362013
EgyptIconic TowerNew Administrative Capital393.8 m (1,292 ft)772024
El SalvadorTorre MillenniumSan Salvador125 m (410 ft)252022
Equatorial GuineaGepetrol BuildingMalabo58 m (190 ft)142009
EritreaNICE BuildingAsmara39 m (128 ft)112013
EstoniaSt. Olaf's ChurchTallinn123.7 m (406 ft)1519
EswatiniMona ResidenceMbabane39 m (128 ft)112007
EthiopiaCommercial Bank of Ethiopia HeadquartersAddis Ababa209.3 m (687 ft)532021
FijiWG Friendship Plaza SuvaSuva112 m (367 ft)282021 (topped out, currently on hold)
FinlandPrysmian Pikkala Cable TowerKirkkonummi185 m (607 ft)242025
FranceThe LinkPuteaux241.6 m (793 ft)522025
GabonBanque des États de l'Afrique CentraleLibreville70 m (230 ft)152009
Gambia, ThePetroleum HouseSerrekunda42.7 m (140 ft)92016
GeorgiaAlliance Centropolis Tower CBatumi210 m (689 ft)562025 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2028)
GermanyCommerzbank TowerFrankfurt259 m (850 ft)561997
GhanaAltoAccra92 m (302 ft)262015
GreeceAthens Tower 1Athens103 m (338 ft)281971
GrenadaWaldorf ApartmentsSt. George's23 m (75 ft)72022
GuatemalaAltaireGuatemala City112 m (367 ft)322024 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
GuineaKakimbo TowersConakry100 m (328 ft)282018
Guinea-BissauBissau CathedralBissau52 m (171 ft)1950
GuyanaPegasus Hotel & SuitesGeorgetown39.5 m (129.5 ft)112021
HaitiDigicel TurgeauPort-au-Prince49 m (161 ft)132008
HondurasTorres Igvanas Tara Eco CitySan Pedro Sula122 m (400 ft)352019
Hong KongInternational Commerce CentreKowloon484 m (1,588 ft)1082010
HungaryMOL CampusBudapest143 m (469 ft)282022
IcelandSmáratorg Office TowerKópavogur77.6 m (255 ft)202008
IndiaPalais Royale, MumbaiMumbai320 m (1,050 ft)882018 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
IndonesiaAutograph TowerJakarta382.9 m (1,256 ft)752022
IranTabriz World Trade TowerTehran192 m (630 ft)372019
IraqE1 TowerErbil180 m (591 ft)482023
IrelandSt Colman's Cathedral, CobhCobh95.3 m (313 ft)1919
IsraelBeyond Office TowerGivatayim308.3 m (1,011 ft)722025 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2026)
ItalyUnicredit TowerMilan217.7 m (714 ft)352012
Ivory CoastBasilica of Our Lady of PeaceYamoussoukro158 m (518 ft)1990
JamaicaJamaica Pegasus HotelKingston60 m (197 ft)171973
JapanAzabudai Hills Mori JP TowerTokyo325.2 m (1,067 ft)642023
JordanJordan Gate North TowerAmman200 m (660 ft)432026
KazakhstanAbu Dhabi PlazaAstana310.8 m (1,020 ft)752022
KenyaBritam TowerNairobi200.1 m (656 ft)312017
KiribatiKiribati Parliament BuildingTarawa15.5 m (51 ft)12000
KosovoPristina City CenterPristina125 m (410 ft)322021 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
KuwaitAl Hamra TowerKuwait City412.6 m (1,354 ft)802011
KyrgyzstanBishkek ParkBishkek75 m (246 ft)212015
LaosXinyue City CenterGolden Triangle Special Economic Zone146 m (479 ft)322024 (topped out)
LatviaZunda TowersRiga123 m (404 ft)302017
LebanonSama BeirutBeirut195.2 m (640 ft)522016
LesothoStandard Lesotho Bank BuildingMaseru39 m (128 ft)111980?
LiberiaCentral Bank of LiberiaMonrovia39 m (128 ft)112015
LibyaBurj Bulaya Office Tower 1Tripoli144 m (472 ft)342007
LiechtensteinSchwefelstrasse 25Vaduz39 m (128 ft)112003
LithuaniaEuropa TowerVilnius129 m (423 ft)332004
LuxembourgPalais de la Cour de Justice, Tower CLuxembourg118 m (387 ft)312019
MacauGrand Lisboa258 m (846 ft)482008
MadagascarOrange Telecommunication TowerAntananarivo125 m (410 ft)332013
MalawiPresident Walmont HotelLilongwe43 m (141 ft)122012
MalaysiaMerdeka 118Kuala Lumpur678.9 m (2,227 ft)1182023
MaldivesDharumavantha HospitalMalé100 m (328 ft)252018
MaliBCEAO TowerBamako80 m (262 ft)201999
MaltaMercury TowerSt. Julian's112 m (367 ft)312022
Marshall IslandsRepublic of the Marshall Islands Capitol BuildingMajuro15 m (49 ft)41993
MauritaniaImmeuble SNIMNouakchott54 m (177 ft)152018
MauritiusBank of Mauritius BuildingPort Louis124 m (407 ft)222006
MexicoT.Op Torre 1Monterrey305.3 m (1,002 ft)642020
MicronesiaLevel 5 HotelWeno15 m (49 ft)52014
MoldovaRomashka TowerChișinău77 m (253 ft)201986
MonacoTour OdéonMonaco170 m (558 ft)492015
MongoliaEncanto Trade CenterUlaanbaatar150 m (492 ft)352026
MontenegroBulevar Mitra BakićaPodgorica51.2 m (168 ft)182000
MoroccoMohammed VI TowerSalé250 m (820 ft)552023
MozambiqueBanco de Moçambique Tower 1Maputo130 m (427 ft)312016
MyanmarDiamond Inya PalaceYangon122 m (400 ft)342019
NamibiaOld Mutual Namibia HeadquartersWindhoek100 m (328 ft)212010
NauruOD-N-Aiwo HotelAiwo District17 m (56 ft)41973?
  NepalSkywalk View TowerKathmandu78.5 m (258 ft)182023
NetherlandsDe ZalmhavenRotterdam215 m (705 ft)592022
New ZealandSeascapeAuckland187.2 m (614 ft)502024 (topped out, currently on hold)
NicaraguaBanco de AmericaManagua61 m (200 ft)171970
NigerMinistère des FinancesNiamey75 m (246 ft)162020
NigeriaNECOM HouseLagos160.3 m (526 ft)321979
North KoreaRyugyong HotelPyongyang330 m (1,083 ft)1052011 (never completed)
North MacedoniaCevahir TowersSkopje130 m (427 ft)412018
NorwayNexans Halden Extrusion Tower 2Halden152.9 m (502 ft)2024
OmanSheraton Oman HotelMuscat53 m (174 ft)161985
PakistanBahria Icon TowerKarachi273 m (896 ft)622023 (topped out, currently on hold)
PalauPalasia HotelKoror25 m (82 ft)71998
PalestinePalestine Trade Tower Ramallah76 m (249 ft)202012
PanamaJW Marriott PanamaPanama City284 m (932 ft)702011
Papua New GuineaNoble CenterPort Moresby100 m (328 ft)232019 (uninhabitable)
ParaguayPetra TowerAsunción172 m (564 ft)442025 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2026)
PeruTorre Banco de la NaciónLima140.1 m (460 ft)302015
PhilippinesMetrobank CenterManila318 m (1,043 ft)662018
PolandVarso TowerWarsaw310 m (1,017 ft)532022
PortugalTorre Vasco da GamaLisbon145 m (476 ft)211998
QatarLusail Plaza Tower 3 & 4Lusail300.7 m (988 ft)662023
RomaniaFloreasca City Sky TowerBucharest137 m (449 ft)372012
RussiaLakhta CenterSaint Petersburg462 m (1,516 ft)872018
RwandaKigali City TowerKigali90 m (295 ft)202013
Saint Kitts and NevisSt. George's Anglican ChurchBasseterre26 m (85 ft)1859
Saint LuciaCourtyard By Marriott HotelCastries30 m (98 ft)82024 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. George's Anglican CathedralKingstown43 m (141 ft)1945 Or Before
SamoaSamoan Government BuildingApia34 m (112 ft)81994
San MarinoWorld Trade CenterSerravalle39 m (128 ft)112004
São Tomé and PríncipeMonte PalácioSão Tomé21 m (69 ft)71993?
Saudi ArabiaAbraj Al BaitMecca601 m (1,972 ft)1202012
SenegalImmeuble KébéDakar76.2 m (250 ft)211973
SerbiaBelgrade TowerBelgrade168 m (551 ft)422024
SeychellesLe Chantier MallVictoria30 m (98 ft)72013
Sierra LeoneSam Bangura BuildingFreetown64 m (210 ft)161971?
SingaporeGuoco TowerSingapore283.7 m (931 ft)652016
SlovakiaEurovea TowerBratislava168 m (551 ft)462023
SloveniaCrystal Palace (Ljubljana)Ljubljana89 m (292 ft)202011
Solomon IslandsAnthony Saru BuildingHoniara21 m (69 ft)72009
SomaliaDahab TowerMogadishu100 m
(328 ft)
252024 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
SomalilandSalam TowerHargeisa70 m (148 ft)152025
South AfricaThe LeonardoSandton234 m (768 ft)562019
South KoreaLotte World TowerSeoul554.5 m (1,819 ft)1232017
South SudanEquatoria TowerJuba46 m (151 ft)152015
SpainTorre de CristalMadrid249 m (817 ft)502008
Sri LankaAltairColombo240 m (787 ft)682019
SudanNTC TowerKhartoum130 m (427 ft)292009
SurinameAssuria Hermitage HighriseParamaribo55 m (180 ft)102019
SwedenKarlatornetGothenburg246 m (807 ft)742024
 SwitzerlandRoche Tower 2Basel205 m (673 ft)502022
SyriaDamascus TowerDamascus120.2 m (394 ft)291982
TaiwanTaipei 101Taipei508 m (1,667 ft)1012004
TajikistanCommunications Service BuildingDushanbe123 m (404 ft)302021
TanzaniaPPF Tower IIDar es Salaam160 m (525 ft)372019
ThailandIconsiamBangkok315 m (1,033 ft)702018
Togo2 Fevrier Sofitel HotelLomé102 m (335 ft)361980
TongaSt George's PalaceNukuʻalofa23 m (75 ft)52017
Trinidad and TobagoInternational Waterfront Tower DPort of Spain114 m (374 ft)272008
TunisiaTour de la nationTunis80 m (263ft)232004
TurkeyIFC Central Bank TowerIstanbul352 m (1,155 ft)592024
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan TowerAshgabat173 m (568 ft)162011
TuvaluTuvalu Government BuildingFunafuti16 m (52 ft)32004
UgandaNSSF Pension TowersKampala155 m (509 ft)322023 (topped out, expected to be completed in 2025)
UkraineKlovski Descent 7Kyiv168 m (551 ft)482011
United Arab EmiratesBurj KhalifaDubai828 m (2,717 ft)1632010
United KingdomThe ShardLondon309.6 m (1,016 ft)732013
United StatesOne World Trade CenterNew York City541.3 m (1,776 ft)1042014
UruguayTorre AntelMontevideo157.6 m (517 ft)322002
UzbekistanNest OneTashkent266.5 m (874 ft)512023
VanuatuGrand Hotel and Casino VanuatuPort Vila22 m (72 ft)81990s
Vatican CitySt. Peter's BasilicaVatican City136.5 m (448 ft)11626
VenezuelaIsla MultiespacioValencia243.8 m (800 ft)552025
VietnamLandmark 81Ho Chi Minh City461.2 m (1,513 ft)812018
YemenAl Saleh MosqueSana'a100 m (328 ft)2008
ZambiaPyramid Continental HotelLusaka130 m (430 ft)272024
ZimbabweNew Reserve Bank TowerHarare120 m (394 ft)281997

Under construction

This list shows the tallest buildings that are still being built. Once they are finished, they will become the tallest buildings in their countries. These buildings are very tall and will make their nations proud when they are done.

CountryBuilding(s)CityHeight (m)Height (ft)FloorsEstimated completion
AlbaniaMount TiranaTirana185607472028
ArmeniaUnnamed Melkonyan Street ProjectYerevan~170~55839TBA
AzerbaijanCipriani TowerBaku3231,06060+2031
BelarusMinsk Gazprom HeadquartersMinsk189620362027
BrazilSenna TowerBalneário Camboriú5441,7851352035
CambodiaNaga 3 Tower APhnom Penh3581,175752026
DenmarkMindet 6Aarhus144472382025
EcuadorMaxximus GuayaquilGuayaquil184604512026
GabonTour de LibrevilleLibreville204669522027
GreeceRiviera TowerAthens198650452026
GuatemalaDanta 14Guatemala City15851842TBA
IranIran Mall TowerTehran3501,148532027
IraqFirst Iraq TowerBaghdad3801,247802028
IsraelAzrieli Spiral TowerTel Aviv3231,060912027
Ivory CoastTour FAbidjan4211,381752026
JapanTorch TowerTokyo3851,263622027
KenyaNSSF Twin Tower ANairobi26085360TBA
KosovoFM TowerPristina23075549TBA
KyrgyzstanManas Tower 45Bishkek213699452027
LaosLao Center ProjectVientiane155509462028
MexicoTorre RiseMonterrey4841,588942027
MongoliaEco Tower OneUlaanbaatar243797552028
MozambiquePolama Twin TowersMaputo13945634TBA
NigeriaFirst Bank of Nigeria HeadquartersLagos252827432027
ParaguayPetra ImperialeAsunción250820732029
Saudi ArabiaJeddah TowerJeddah1,008.23,3081672028
SenegalDaktowerDakar122400322027
SyriaEighth Grade TowerDamascus145.147635TBA
SingaporeSkywaters at 8 Shenton BaySingapore3051,001632028
Sri LankaThe One Ritz-Carlton TowerColombo3261,07080TBA
UkraineSky TowersKyiv209.668847TBA
United StatesLegends TowerOklahoma City581.31,9071362030
UruguayCipriani Ocean Resort Club, Residences & TowersPunta del Este3201,050802029

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