List of tallest towers
Towers by height
This page currently lists the top 50 towers. As a non-technical definition, the term tower describes structures having limited floor space as compared to more regular buildings. They are usually used for communications (large antenna), and often have a few floors for a observation deck or restaurant, but not continuous floors below. They operate in a niche between traditional skyscrapers and other extremely tall structures like guyed masts. They tend to offer the usefulness of unmanned TV and radio masts but with the added appeal of some high floor space for a observation deck or restaurant like many skyscrapers. Their low-floor space compared to a traditional building and higher cost compared to a mast, does offers some drawbacks however. Towers are also built for a few other purposes as well, such as for air traffic control or as a monument.
Note: list not guaranteed to be accurate or up to date, and includes structures traditionally thought of as a tower, although towers with guylines for their main structure or antenna are currently included. (for a masts listing see List of masts)
Note: includes up to 2004, this list ranked by pinnacle.
| Rank | Tower | Year | Country | Pinnacle (meters \ feet) |
| 1 | Ostankino Tower (Moscow TV Tower) | 1967 | Russia | 577 m \ 1893 ft |
| 2 | CN Tower | 1976 | Canada | 553.3 m \ 1815 ft |
| 3 | Oriental Pearl Tower | 1994 | China | 467.9 m \ 1535 ft |
| 4 | Borj-e Milad | 2003 | Iran | 435 m \ 1427 ft |
| 5 | Menara Kuala Lumpur | 1995 | Malaysia | 421 m \ 1381 ft |
| 6 | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | 1991 | China | 415.2 m \ 1362 ft |
| 7 | Central Radio and TV Tower | 1992 | China | 405 m \ 1329 ft |
| 8 | Kiev TV Tower | 1973 | Ukraine | 385 m \ 1263 ft |
| 9 | Gerbrandytoren Lopik (partially guyed) | 1961 | Netherlands | 375 m \ 1230 ft |
| 10 | Tashkent Tower | 1985 | Uzbekistan | 374.9 m \1230 ft |
| 11 | Liberation Tower | 1996 | Kuwait | 372 m \ 1221 ft |
| 12 | Alma-Ata Tower | 1983 | Kazakhstan | 371.5 m \ 1219 ft |
| 13 | Riga Radio and TV Tower | 1987 | Latvia | 368.5 m \ 1209 ft |
| 14 | Berliner Fernsehturm | 1969 | Germany | 368 m \ 1207 ft |
| 15 | Stratosphere Tower | 1996 | United States | 350.2 m \ 1149 ft |
| 16 | Macau Tower | 2001 | China | 338 m \ 1109 ft |
| 17 | Europaturm | 1979 | Germany | 337.5 m \ 1107 ft |
| 18 | Dragon Tower | 2000 | China | 336 m \ 1102 ft |
| 19 | Tokyo Tower | 1958 | Japan | 332.6 m \ 1091 ft |
| 20 | Emley Moor TV Tower | 1970 | United Kingdom | 330.4 m \ 1084 ft |
| 21 | Sky Tower | 1997 | New Zealand | 328 m \ 1076 ft |
| 22 | SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre | 1980 | Lithuania | 327 m \ 1073 ft |
| 23 | Eiffel Tower | 1889 | France | 324 m \ 1063 ft |
| 24 | Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower | 1996 | China | 318.5 m \ 1045 ft |
| 24 | KCTV-Tower | 1956 | United States | 317.6 m \ 1045 ft |
| 25 | Tallinn TV Tower | 1980 | Estonia | 312.3 m \ 1025 ft |
| 26 | Azeri TV Tower | 1996 | Azerbaijan | 310 m \ 1017 ft |
| 27 | St. Petersburg TV Tower | 1985 | Russia | 310 m \ 1017 ft |
| 28 | Sydney Tower | 1981 | Australia | 309 m \ 1014 ft |
| 29 | Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower | 1989 | China | 305.5 m \ 1002 ft |
| 30 | Zendstation Smilde | 1959 | Netherlands | 303.5 m \ 996 ft |
| 31 | BRTN Toren | 1996 | Belgium | 300 m \ 984 ft |
| 32 | Zhuzhou Television Tower | - | China | 293 m \ 961 ft |
| 33 | Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 1977 | Germany | 292 m \ 958 ft |
| 34 | Star Tower | 1991 | USA | 955 ft |
| 35 | Olympiaturm | 1968 | Germany | 289.5 m \ 950 ft |
| 36 | Torre de Collserola (partially guyed) | 1992 | Spain | 288.4 m \ 946 ft |
| 37 | Radio Tower Dudelange | ? | Luxemburg | 285 m \ 926 ft |
| 38 | Telemax | 1992 | Germany | 282.2 m \ 926 ft |
| 39 | Shijiazhuang TV-tower | 1998 | China | 280 m \ 919 ft |
| 40 | Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 1968 | Germany | 279.7 m \918 ft |
| 41 | Central Plains Pearl TV Tower | - | China | 278 m \ 912 ft |
| 42 | Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower | - | Georgia | 274.5 m \ 901 ft |
| 43 | Hillbrow Tower | 1971 | South Africa | 269 m \ 883 ft |
| 44 | Kaifeng TV Tower | - | China | 268 m \ 879 ft |
| 45 | Colonius | 1981 | Germany | 266 m \ 873 ft |
| 46 | Daqing Radio and Television Tower | 1989 | China | 260 m \ 853 ft |
| 47 | Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf | 1976 | Germany | 255 m \ 837 ft |
| 48 | Donauturm | 1964 | Austria | 252 m \ 827 ft |
| 49 | Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz | 1969 | Germany | 252 m \ 827 ft |
| 50 | Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona | 1984 | Switzerland | 250 m \ 820 ft |
| 51 | Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower | 1987 | China | 245 m \ 804 ft |
| 52 | Seoul Tower | 1975 | South Korea | 239.7 m \ 786 ft |
| 53 | Foshan TV Tower | - | China | 238m \ 781 ft |
Famous towers
- Leaning Tower of Pisa (not in the above list, 55 m tall)
- Eiffel Tower
- CN Tower
More Misc. Towers (loosely in order of height, incomplete)
(May be non-continuous)
Tall buildings called "towers", or with the word "tower" in their names
| Tower | Year | Country | Pinnacle (meters \ feet) |
| Soelvesborg Twin Towers | |||
| Newport Tower | |||
| Sears Tower | |||
| Marineview Plaza Towers | |||
| Goldman Sachs Tower | |||
| 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel (Lomé, Togo) |
Submerged free standing towers
There are many other very tall structures such as bridges and dams that are not towers. However, there are many submerged towers such as for oil platforms. The large number of towers/masts for large wind tubines are also of a unclear classification and are not listed.
- Petronius Compliant Tower, 2000, 2100 ft \ 640m
Note: The term tower has a more general usage for use with many skyscrapers such as the Twin Towers.
See Also
- Architecture
- Building construction
- List of skyscrapers
- World's tallest structures
- United States tallest structures
- Oil platform
- List of buildings
- List of tallest church towers