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List of countries by number of completed skyscrapers [ edit ] The following is a list of the top 70 countries with the most completed buildings over 150 metres (492 ft) tall, as of November 2024 [update] .
The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s.
The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the world by country, listing only the tallest building in each country.The list includes only completed or topped out buildings. 25 countries have supertall skyscrapers (above 300 m (980 ft)) and 4 countries have megatall skyscrapers (above 600 m (1,969 ft)).
Country Number of skyscrapers on list City with most skyscrapers on list Tallest building Height of tallest building 1 China: 47 Shenzhen Shanghai Tower: 632.0 m (2,073.5 ft) 2 United Arab Emirates: 14 Dubai Burj Khalifa: 828.0 m (2,716.5 ft) 3 United States: 11 New York City One World Trade Center: 541.3 m (1,776 ft) 4 Malaysia: 4 Kuala Lumpur
CITIC Plaza, 391 metres (1,283 ft), tallest building in Guangzhou and the tallest concrete building in the world, completed in 1997; Shimao International Plaza, 333.3 metres (1,094 ft), one of the tallest buildings in Shanghai, completed in 2005; Plaza 66 tower one, 288 metres (945 ft), one of the tallest buildings in Shanghai, completed in 2001
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The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower ), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower ), oil platforms , electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers.
The tallest countries in the world have an average height of between about 5'8" and 5'10", and include the Netherlands, Estonia, and Denmark.