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Countries with the Tallest Buildings

Which countries are home to a "supertall" skyscraper, defined as being at least 300 meters in height?
Includes buildings topped out but not yet finished
Only the tallest building in each country is shown
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Last updated: February 17, 2024
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First submittedSeptember 5, 2015
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Height
Tallest Building
Country
828 m
Burj Khalifa
United Arab Emirates
679 m
Merdeka 118
Malaysia
632 m
______ Tower
China
601 m
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower
Saudi Arabia
555 m
Lotte World Tower
South Korea
541 m
One World Trade Center
United States
508 m
_____ 101
Taiwan
462 m
Lakhta Center
Russia
461 m
Landmark 81
Vietnam
412 m
Al Hamra Tower
Kuwait
394 m
Iconic Tower
Egypt
382 m
Autograph Tower
Indonesia
330 m
Ryugyong Hotel
North Korea
Height
Tallest Building
Country
325 m
Mori JP Tower
Japan
323 m
Q1
Australia
320 m
Palais Royale
India
318 m
Metrobank Center
Philippines
315 m
Magnolias Waterfront
Residences
Thailand
311 m
Abu Dhabi Plaza
Kazakhstan
310 m
The Shard
United Kingdom
310 m
Varso Tower
Poland
305 m
Torres Obispado
Mexico
301 m
Lusail Plaza
Qatar
301 m
Metropol ______ Tower
Turkey
300 m
Gran Torre Costanera
Chile
+24
Level 51
Dec 17, 2019
welcome to chilis
+18
Level 88
Dec 6, 2020
I haven't been there since the last Dundies.
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Level 65
Dec 9, 2020
I havent felt god in there since that night
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Level 45
Aug 14, 2020
Great quiz
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Level 95
Dec 6, 2020
I think it is interesting that so many Middle Eastern countries are on this list. Maybe even a bit ironic given the Tower of Babel story. I wonder if that story is included in the Quran, or if Muslims in general are aware of it.
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Level 59
Feb 14, 2021
Similarly to US, they have a lot of space and cash to build these. These big buildings just wouldn't fit in Europe for example. I mean imagine Empire states building next to Louvre😂 or Burj Khalifa next to Big Ben.
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Level 75
Feb 14, 2021
Wouldn't fit? I'd suggest that it's more to do with the lack of space in these middle-east countries that leads them to build upwards. France for example has a lot more space than many of the countries here, but cities like Paris are "historical" and protected by strict regulations. There's a park opposite the Louvre that could fit several Empire State Buildings, but it ain't gonna happen...
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Level 61
Feb 14, 2021
The skyscrapers of Dubai and other petrocities were often built on the outskirts of the city. These countries have historically been incredibly sparsely populated. Outside of a few oases, food and water are scarce on the Arabian Peninsula and there aren't many vast, arable plains to grow a crop of cereals to feed a city. So until they began producing a valuable export, the cities of the peninsula weren't very sprawling. Dubai, for example, was a fishing and pearl trading village of fewer than 100,000 people in the '50s.
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Level 68
Jun 29, 2022
I think perhaps Szatan meant, Alex, that they wouldn't fit architecturally.
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Level 81
Jul 1, 2022
NYC skyscrapers were built because there wasn't a lot of space; nowhere to go but up.
+6
Level 67
Jun 29, 2022
Tall skyscrapers are essential to modern desert urbanization. It's more convenient to build upwards and have all of your housing and resources(shopping, entertainment, etc.) fixed in a smaller area than spread out over a large area and have everyone travel over a large area in the heat.
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Level 86
Dec 6, 2020
Kudos to whoever named the Abu Dhabi Plaza--you set yourself up nicely to confuse a lot of future quiz takers.
+20
Level 87
Dec 6, 2020
Would have been more logical if it had been called the Borat Building.
+10
Level 66
Feb 16, 2021
I would help start a fund to have it renamed to the Borat Building.
+11
Level 73
Feb 20, 2021
Number one exporter of potassium. All other countries have inferior potassium.
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Level 22
Jun 29, 2022
Good to know.
+5
Level 68
Dec 7, 2020
After I sawn Abu Dhabi, I spent the rest of the quiz guessing every muslim country I could. I got it with 5 seconds left started guessing at 1:20.
+1
Level 77
Feb 19, 2024
LOL!
+4
Level 89
Dec 6, 2020
Why are Manila and Santiago hidden but Taipei and Shanghai aren't?
+2
Level ∞
Dec 6, 2020
Fixed.
+5
Level 85
Dec 7, 2020
No CN Tower?
+14
Level 63
Dec 7, 2020
It's a tower, not a building/skyscraper by definition of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (that really exists :D).
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Level 57
Dec 7, 2020
Abu Dhabi Plaza in Kazkhstan confused me very much
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2020
Makes about as much sense as everything else in Kazakhstan
+21
Level 71
Feb 14, 2021
According to Wikipedia, "the highest tower of the building will be named Kazakhstan."

Kazakhstanis are clearly not good at naming things.

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Level 69
Feb 17, 2021
Considering Astana literally means "capital city", I think that has been well established. I mean, they did rename it again, but I'm not sure it was that much of an improvement.
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Level 65
Feb 20, 2024
and they turned it back… I’m no Kazakh but Nur-Sultan sounded way cooler
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Level 73
Feb 20, 2021
All other countries are run by little girls.
+11
Level 72
Dec 10, 2020
Spent the last two minutes trying to think what obscure countries I had missed that might have sky scrapers. Ran out of time and hey presto, I missed some place called “China”!?
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Level 82
Feb 14, 2021
Kinda awkward, given that according to Wikipedia, of the 74 buildings in the world over 350m, 35 are in China. The next nearest country, the UAE, has 13 and the US has 11. In terms of cities with the most skyscrapers, China accounts for 6 of the top 10 in the world. New York (3), Dubai (4), Tokyo (6) and Chicago (7) are the only non-Chinese cities; Hong Kong (1), Shenzhen (2), Shanghai (5), Chongqing (8), Guangzhou (9) and Wuhan (10) are the Chinese cities. If you count Shenzhen and Guangzhou as one, as Jetpunk often does, then Shenyang and Singapore, which are tied, move up into 10th place. Guangzhou-Shenzhen stays second, but has substantially closed HK's massive lead. Anyway, point is China is basically THE country for skyscrapers.
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Level 56
Feb 15, 2021
yeah thanks, they were being sarcastic making a joke about how they forgot it.
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Level 72
Jun 11, 2022
Cheers @Mikkk, I’m glad someone picked up it!
+10
Level 57
Jan 12, 2021
The people that named it Abu Dhabi Plaza are evil
+1
Level 22
Jun 29, 2022
Why?
+3
Level 44
Jun 29, 2022
it confuses quiz takers
+7
Level 46
Jan 31, 2021
Wtf Kazakhstan...
+6
Level 59
Feb 4, 2021
100% first try!

What's the process of naming buildings in Kazakhstan?

+3
Level 75
Feb 14, 2021
He who pays the piper?
+6
Level 73
Feb 20, 2021
Kazakhstan friend of all except Uzbekistan. They very nosey people, with bone in their brain.
+2
Level 60
Feb 14, 2021
Isn't Magnolias Waterfront the tallest building in Thailand?

How much I can recall the Baiyoke Tower II is the third or fourth tallest skyscraper

+2
Level 23
Feb 14, 2021
where is eiffel tower -france ?
+14
Level 74
Feb 14, 2021
Yes, it is.
+2
Level 83
Jun 1, 2022
it isn't a skyscraper
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Level 59
Feb 14, 2021
I'd probably get Kazakhstan if I haven't looked at the name of building. Kazakhstan has been somewhat important Soviet Republic and part of Russian empire so I'd imagine they'd be on that list.
+1
Level 46
Feb 14, 2021
Should replace Petronas Twin Towers with Merdeka 118 Tower
+2
Level 74
Feb 14, 2021
"As of February 2021, the tower is 70% completed and has reached Level 116 of its floor slab." Wikipedia
+2
Level 79
Feb 14, 2021
I was stumped by Abu Dhabi Plaza for quite a bit!
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Level 44
Feb 14, 2021
what about the cn tower? its taller than most of these
+5
Level 69
Feb 14, 2021
"Towers" don't count as "buildings".

I don't know why. Maybe there's a good reason.

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Level 77
Sep 29, 2022
It has to do with actual habitable space. Otherwise you'd get massive radio towers that nobody has heard of on the list.
+2
Level 75
Feb 14, 2021
Terrible Abu Dhabi Plaza hotel experience. Kicked out of elevator to a much smaller room
+1
Level 51
Feb 14, 2021
Can't believe I guessed Kazakhstan but missed Japan (thought I had already typed it, but apearantly not) * face-palm *
+2
Level 62
Feb 15, 2021
I could have sworn I'd typed Turkey...! What is going on with those crazy Kazakhstanis calling i Abu Dhabi plaza though it's not in Abu Dhabi ??
+1
Level 44
Jun 29, 2022
the UAE helped with its development
+1
Level 56
Feb 15, 2021
Where's the skytower NZ? 328m
+5
Level 74
Feb 15, 2021
It's a tower, not a building. We don't see Eiffel Tower or Tokyo Skytree here either.
+6
Level 49
Feb 16, 2021
Okay but if buildings under construction are included then where is Varso Tower in Poland?
+1
Level 43
Feb 16, 2021
What about the CN tower I'm pretty sure that was the tallest structure in the world for 30 years!
+2
Level 21
Feb 18, 2021
first of all, tokyo skytree is larger, and its a tower, not a building.
+2
Level 75
Mar 20, 2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milad_Tower
+1
Level 62
Jun 29, 2022
It's a tower, not a building.
+5
Level 37
Mar 23, 2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varso - Polish and European highest building since February 2021- 310 meters
+1
Level 52
Mar 29, 2021
Why do they call it Abu Dhabi Plaza if it's in Kazakhstan?
+1
Level 62
Jun 29, 2022
cruel kazakhstan
+1
Level 81
Feb 17, 2024
Because it was funded and built by Aldar Properties, which is a company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
+1
Level 44
Oct 27, 2021
guessed literally every arab country except kuwait
+1
Level 61
Mar 20, 2022
i cant believe almost lost to USA :/
+6
Level 77
May 31, 2022
Poland is missing (Varso Tower, 310m)
+3
Level 74
Jun 1, 2022
Is it finished? It topped out in February, but even on the builder site, it suggest it hasn't actually been completed. Would be nice to see it included soon :)
+2
Level 54
Nov 7, 2023
Yes, it is finished. :)
+6
Level 70
Jun 1, 2022
So where's Poland with 310m?
+2
Level 70
Jun 29, 2022
Stop saying bs poles... you sometimes need to be less patriotic and more realistic about your country
+6
Level 66
Jun 29, 2022
Maybe check what he is saying since he is right.
+2
Level 73
Jun 29, 2022
Japan's new tallest building in Tokyo, the Toranomon Azabudai Tower A, was recently topped out at 325m.
+5
Level 68
Jun 29, 2022
Poland's Varso Tower is 310 meters tall
+3
Level 62
Jun 29, 2022
Still under construction.
+5
Level 70
Jun 29, 2022
"Includes buildings topped out but not yet finished"
+1
Level 68
Jun 29, 2022
CN Tower? Tokyo Skytree?
+2
Level 78
Jun 29, 2022
If those were buildings, they would fit right in.
+1
Level 79
Jun 29, 2022
I'd no idea my country 🇲🇾 would be so high up!
+1
Level 78
Jun 29, 2022
Malaysia has a history of tall buildings. Look at the Petronas Towers
+3
Level 71
Jun 29, 2022
Malaysia was one of the first ones I typed because of the Petronas Towers, but I didn't hear about this new one until I took this quiz. Congrats! Malaysia is a country I'd certainly like to visit someday :)
+1
Level 57
Jun 29, 2022
Where's Varso Tower in Warsaw?
+1
Level 62
Jun 29, 2022
Being topped-out, they'll open it in a few months.
+2
Level 56
Jun 29, 2022
This quiz includes topped out buildings
+2
Level 46
Jun 29, 2022
When people are hungry, government care about is showing off building tower.. Like Turkey.
+1
Level 25
Jun 30, 2022
Why tf is Abu Dhabi tower outside UAE
+1
Level 81
Feb 17, 2024
Because it was funded and built by Aldar Properties, which is a company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
+2
Level 58
Jul 1, 2022
you should add Poland, Varso Tower in Warsaw is now the tallest building in EU with around 310 meters
+1
Level 56
Jul 3, 2022
CN tower is 553m
+4
Level 53
Nov 12, 2022
not a building
+3
Level 53
Nov 12, 2022
why is there an abu dhabi plaza in kazakhstan
+1
Level 81
Feb 17, 2024
Because it was funded and built by Aldar Properties, which is a company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
+3
Level 33
Mar 3, 2023
Abu dhabi plaza doesn't seem appropriate here as it's a plaza consisting of five buildings. The supertall building is called Qasaqstan tower. So it would be appropriate to put _________ tower, abu dhabi plaza as the clue.
+1
Level 75
Mar 6, 2023
ah yes, the mighty abu dhabi plaza is in KAZAKHSTAN
+2
Level 64
Oct 7, 2023
Qatar's Aspire Tower should be replaced with the Lusail Plaza Tower 3 (or 4 - both are the same height according to Wikipedia). Both are a meter taller than Aspire Tower (301 m).
+1
Level 57
Jan 13, 2024
that's the second featured quiz about skyscrapers that's missing Poland and the Varso Tower (310 m)
+1
Level 11
Feb 1, 2024
where is varso tower with 310 m. It is finished since September 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varso
+1
Level ∞
Feb 17, 2024
Added
+1
Level 71
Feb 17, 2024
I wish the blanks for the towers could get filled in when I guess their country. I’m now left pondering what on earth could be the name of that tower in Turkey.
+1
Level 83
Mar 20, 2024
Abu Dhabi Plaza: hey if you paid for it, you get to name it whatever you want, seems fair to me