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1,250 ft (381 m) 102 1931 Tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1972; tallest man-made structure in the world 1931–1967; first building in the world to contain over 100 floors. Tallest building constructed in the world in the 1930s. [31] [32] Bank of America Tower: New York City
510 m (1,670 ft) Proposed by Donald Trump as the tallest building in the world at the time, the project was cancelled in 1988 due to fierce local opposition. 10 Columbus Circle: New York City: United States: 137: 500 m (1,600 ft) Now built as the Time Warner Center. World One: Mumbai: India: 117: 442 m (1,450 ft)
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)).
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The second-tallest structure in the world is the 679-metre-tall (2,227 ft) Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the third-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower in the world is the Tokyo Skytree (634 m or 2,080 ft). The tallest guyed structure is the KRDK-TV mast in North Dakota, U.S. at 630 metres (2,060 ft).
In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.
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Russia's tallest building since 2019. 25 John Hancock Center: 457.2 1,500 1969 Skyscraper Office, residential, UHF/VHF-transmission United States Chicago World's tallest mixed-use building 1969–2008. 26 Petronas Tower 1: 451.9 1,483 1998 Skyscraper