A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least 100 metres or 150 metres in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces.
Here are the top 20 tallest buildings in the world.
Rank | Building | Country | Height |
1. | Burj Khalifa | United Arab Emirates | 828 m (2,717 ft) |
2. | Shanghai Tower | China | 632 m (2,073 ft) |
3. | Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower | Saudi Arabia | 601 m (1,971 ft) |
4. | Ping An Finance Center | China | 599 m (1,965 ft) |
5. | Lotte World Tower | South Korea | 554.5 m (1,819 ft) |
6. | One World Trade Center | United States | 541.3 m (1,776 ft) |
7. | Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | China | 530 m (1,739 ft) |
8. | Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | China | 530 m (1,739 ft) |
9. | China Zun | China | 528 m (1,732 ft) |
10. | Taipei 101 | Taiwan | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
11. | Shanghai World Financial Center | China | 492 m (1,614 ft) |
12. | International Commerce Centre | China | 484 m (1,588 ft) |
13. | Wuhan Greenland Center | China | 475.6 m (1,560 ft) |
14. | Central Park Tower | United States | 472 m (1,550 ft) |
15. | Lakhta Center | Russia | 462 m (1,516 ft) |
16. | Landmark 81 | Vietnam | 461.2 m (1,513 ft) |
17. | Changsha IFS Tower T1 | China | 452.1 m (1,483 ft) |
18. | Petronas Tower 1 | Malaysia | 451.9 m (1,483 ft) |
19. | Petronas Tower 2 | Malaysia | 451.9 m (1,483 ft) |
20. | Zifeng Tower | China | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
| Suzhou IFS | China | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
