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The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.

This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."[1][2][3] This definition excludes continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded, because they are not designed for public or regular operational access, are bridge towers or pylons, wind turbines, chimneys, transmission towers, sculptures and most large statues and obelisks.

Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform.

The Tokyo Skytree, completed in 2012, is 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower in the world.

Spinnaker Tower


Entirely self-supported towers

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List of tallest towers is located in Earth
Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree
Canton Tower
Canton Tower
CN Tower
CN Tower
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower
↑ Oriental Pearl Tower

Oriental Pearl Tower
Milad Tower
Milad Tower
Kuala Lumpur Tower
Kuala Lumpur Tower
Tianjin Radio and Television Tower↙︎
Tianjin Radio and Television Tower↙︎
Central Radio & TV Tower→
Central Radio & TV Tower
Towers taller than 400 m (1,300 ft) and their locations

Towers taller than 250 meters

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bold Denotes tower that is or was once the tallest in the world
Rank Name Pinnacle height Year Structure Country City Remarks
1 Tokyo Skytree 634 m (2,080 ft) 2012 Steel  Japan Tokyo Tallest tower in the world since 2010
2 Canton Tower 604 m (1,982 ft) 2010 Steel & concrete  China Guangzhou Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world.
3 CN Tower 553.3 m (1,815 ft) 1976 Concrete  Canada Toronto Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, and the world's tallest tower until 2009; tallest in the western hemisphere
4 Ostankino Tower 540.1 m (1,772 ft) 1967  Russia Moscow Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967–75; tallest in Europe
5 Oriental Pearl Tower 468 m (1,535 ft) 1994 Concrete  China Shanghai Tallest in China & Asia 1994–2007
6 Milad Tower 435 m (1,427 ft) 2008  Iran Tehran Tallest in the Middle East and West Asia
7 Kuala Lumpur Tower 421 m (1,381 ft) 1994  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Tallest in Malaysia & Southeast Asia.
8 Tianjin Radio and Television Tower 415.2 m (1,362 ft) 1991  China Tianjin Tallest in Asia 1991–1994, tallest in China
9 Central Radio and TV Tower 405 m (1,329 ft) 1992 Beijing
10 Zhongyuan Tower 388 m (1,273 ft) 2011 Steel Zhengzhou
11 Kyiv TV Tower 385 m (1,263 ft) 1973 Lattice Tower  Ukraine Kyiv Disabled by a Russian missile strike during the Battle of Kyiv on 1 March 2022. The tower remains standing. Extent of damage unknown.
12 Tashkent Tower 374.9 m (1,230 ft) 1985 Steel  Uzbekistan Tashkent Tallest in Central Asia
13 Liberation Tower 372 m (1,220 ft) 1996 Concrete  Kuwait Kuwait City
14 Almaty Tower 371.5 m (1,219 ft) 1983 Steel  Kazakhstan Almaty
15 Riga Radio and TV Tower 368.5 m (1,209 ft) 1986  Latvia Riga Tallest in the European Union
16 Berliner Fernsehturm 368.03 m (1,207.4 ft) 1969 Concrete  Germany Berlin Tallest structure in Germany. Built during East-German times
17 Çamlıca Tower 365.5 m (1,199 ft) 2020  Turkey Istanbul
18 Colombo Lotus Tower 351.5 m (1,153 ft) 2019  Sri Lanka Colombo Tallest structure in South Asia
19 The Strat 350.2 m (1,149 ft) 1996  United States Las Vegas Tallest observation tower in the United States
20 West Pearl Tower 339 m (1,112 ft) 2004  China Chengdu
21 Macau Tower 338 m (1,109 ft) 2001  China Macau
22 Europaturm 337.5 m (1,107 ft) 1979  Germany Frankfurt
23 Dragon Tower 336 m (1,102 ft) 2000 Lattice Tower  China Harbin
24 Tokyo Tower 332.6 m (1,091 ft) 1958 Lattice Tower  Japan Tokyo Tallest in the world 1958–67
25 Arqiva Tower (Emley Moor) 330.4 m (1,084 ft) 1971 Concrete  United Kingdom Emley Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom
26 Eiffel Tower 330 m (1,080 ft)[4] 1889 Lattice Tower  France Paris First to surpass 300 metres; tallest tower in the world 1889–1956 and again from 1957-1958 with the addition of its antennae.
27 Huai'an TV Tower[5][6] 329.8 m (1,082 ft) 2015  China Huaiyin
28 Sky Tower (Auckland) 328 m (1,076 ft) 1997  New Zealand Auckland Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere from 1996 to 2022
29 Vilnius TV Tower 326.5 m (1,071 ft) 1980  Lithuania Vilnius
30= Linyi Radio & TV Tower[7][8] 326 m (1,070 ft) 2010 Steel  China Linyi
30= Saint Petersburg TV Tower 326 m (1,070 ft) 1962 Lattice Tower  Russia Saint Petersburg
32 Rameswaram TV Tower 323 m (1,060 ft) 1995 Concrete  India Rameswaram
33 Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower 318.5 m (1,045 ft) 1996  China Nanjing
34 Tallinn TV Tower 314 m (1,030 ft) 1980 Concrete  Estonia Tallinn
35 Yerevan TV Tower 311.7 m (1,023 ft) 1977 Lattice Tower  Armenia Yerevan [9]
36 Tortoise Mountain TV Tower 311.4 m (1,022 ft) 1986 Concrete  China Wuhan China's first self-supported TV tower
37 Baku TV Tower 310 m (1,020 ft) 1996  Azerbaijan Baku
38 Sydney Tower 305 m (1,001 ft) 1981  Australia Sydney
39 Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower 305.5 m (1,002 ft) 1989  China Shenyang
40= Jaisalmer TV Tower 300 m (984 ft) 1993  India Jaisalmer
40= Samatra TV Tower 300 m (984 ft) 1999  India Bhuj
40= VRT Toren 300 m (984 ft) 1996  Belgium Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
43 Zhuzhou Television Tower 293 m (961 ft) 1999 Lattice Tower  China Zhuzhou
44 Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg 292 m (958 ft) 1977 Concrete  Germany Nuremberg
45 Olympiaturm 289.5 m (950 ft) 1968 Munich
46 Telemax 282.2 m (926 ft) 1992 Hannover
47 Shijiazhuang TV Tower[10] 280 m (920 ft) 1998 Lattice Tower  China Shijiazhuang
48 Heinrich-Hertz-Turm 279.7 m (918 ft) 1968 Concrete  Germany Hamburg
49 Central Plains Pearl TV Tower[11][12] 278 m (912 ft) 1998 Steel  China Luoyang
50 Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower 274.5 m (901 ft) 1972  Georgia Tbilisi
51 Hillbrow Tower 269 m (883 ft) 1971 Concrete  South Africa Johannesburg Tallest in Africa
52 Kaifeng TV Tower 268 m (879 ft) 1995  China Kaifeng
53 Colonius 266 m (873 ft) 1981  Germany Cologne
54 Minaret of Djamaa el Djazaïr 265 m (869 ft) 2019  Algeria Algiers
55 Novorossiysk TV Tower 261.5 m (858 ft) 1996  Russia Novorossiysk
56 Daqing Radio and Television Tower 260 m (850 ft) 1989 Lattice tower  China Daqing
57 Olympic Park Observation Tower 258 m (846 ft) 2014  China Beijing
58 Endem TV Tower 257 m (843 ft) 2008 Concrete  Turkey Istanbul
59 Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf 255 m (837 ft) 1976 Concrete  Germany Koblenz
60= Donauturm 252 m (827 ft) 1964  Austria Vienna
60= Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz 252 m (827 ft) 1969  Germany Dresden

Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall

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Tower Pinnacle height Year Country City Remarks
St. Chrischona Tower 250 m 1984   Switzerland Bettingen
Jeddah TV Tower 250 m 2006  Saudi Arabia Jeddah
TK Elevator Test Tower 246 m 2017  Germany Rottweil
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower 245 m 1987  China Xi'an
Rheinturm Düsseldorf 240.5 m 1981  Germany Düsseldorf Was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004
N Seoul Tower 239.7 m 1975  South Korea Seoul
Foshan TV Tower[13] 238 m 1995  China Foshan
Sentech Tower 237 m 1962  South Africa Johannesburg
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower 235.7 m 1986  Germany Bremen-Walle
Pitampura TV Tower 235 m 1988  India Delhi
Fukuoka Tower 234 m 1989  Japan Fukuoka
Qingdao TV Tower 232 m 1994  China Qingdao
Torrespaña 231 m 1982  Spain Madrid
Tower of the Americas 228.6 m 1968  United States San Antonio, Texas
Torre Espacial 228 m 1980  Argentina Buenos Aires
Katanga TV Tower 225 m 1992  India Jabalpur
Brasília TV Tower 224 m 1965  Brazil Brasília
Buková hora TV Tower 223 m 1975  Czech Republic Bukova hora
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 222.5 m 1986  Germany Münster
Florianturm 219.6 m 1959  Germany Dortmund
Jilin Radio and TV Tower[14] 218 m 1997  China Jilin
Guangzhou TV Tower 1991 Guangzhou
Fernsehturm Stuttgart 216.8 m 1956  Germany Stuttgart-Degerloch World's first concrete TV tower
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower 216 m 1992  Czech Republic Prague
Yuryuzan TV Tower 213 m[15] ?  Russia Yuryuzan
Zlatoust TV Tower 213 m[15] 1983  Russia Zlatoust
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim 212.8 m 1975  Germany Mannheim
Fernmeldeturm Berlin 212 m 1964  Germany Berlin
Turkmenistan Broadcasting Centre 211 m 2011  Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque 210 m 1993  Morocco Casablanca
Ujudvar TV Tower[16] 206 m 1972  Hungary Ujudvar
Baghdad Tower 205 m 1994  Iraq Baghdad Formerly International Saddam Tower
Donnersberg TV Tower[17] 204.82 m 1962  Germany Donnersberg
Avala TV Tower 204.5 m 1965  Serbia Avala, near Belgrade Destroyed in NATO bombing on 29 April 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest in the Balkans
Rousse TV Tower 204 m 1987  Bulgaria Rousse
TV tower Helpterberge [citation needed] 203.2 m 1981  Germany Helpterberge
Woobang Tower[18] 202 m 1992  South Korea Daegu

Towers between 150 and 200 metres tall

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Tower Pinnacle height Year Country City Remarks
Xuzhou TV Tower[19] 199 m 1990  China Xuzhou
Zendmast Roermond 197.7 m 1957  Netherlands Roermond
Dushanbe TV Tower 197 m 1970  Tajikistan Dushanbe
KPN Tower Hilversum 196 m 1973  Netherlands Hilversum
Bantiger TV Tower 196 m 1996   Switzerland Bolligen
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō 195 m 1988  Japan Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
Telstra Tower 1980  Australia Canberra
Kamzik TV Tower 194 m 1975  Slovakia Bratislava
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven 191.5 m 1962  Netherlands Rotterdam-Waalhaven
Funkturm Leipzig 191 m 2015  Germany Leipzig
Dalian Radio and TV Tower[20] 190.5 m 1990  China Dalian
Calgary Tower 190 m 1967  Canada Calgary
BT Tower 189 m 1964  United Kingdom London
Kuantan 188 188 m 2020  Malaysia Kuantan Tallest tower on east coast of Malaysia
Cairo Tower 187 m 1961  Egypt Cairo
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano 1990  Italy Rozzano - Milan
Kuwait Towers 1979  Kuwait Kuwait City
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower 186 m 1985  Bulgaria Vitosha Mountain
Euromast 186 m 1962  Netherlands Rotterdam
Monument to the Constitution 185 m 2011  Turkmenistan Ashgabat [21]
TV tower Decquede 184.5 m 1959  Germany Dequede
Space Needle 184 m 1962  United States Seattle
Brasília Digital TV Tower 182 m 2012  Brazil Brasília, DF
Nagoya TV Tower 180 m 1954  Japan Nagoya
PL Peace Tower 1970 Tondabayashi
Hošťálkovice transmitter 1979  Czech Republic Ostrava
Samut Prakan Observation Tower 179.55 m 2017  Thailand Samut Prakan
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg 179 m 1977  Germany Bungsberg
Löffelstelz Transmitter 2000  Germany Bad Mergentheim
Monte da Virgem Tower 177 m ?  Portugal Vila Nova de Gaia
Pécs TV Tower 176 m 1973  Hungary Pécs
Olympic Stadium tower
175.3 m 1987  Canada Montreal Highest inclined tower in the world, with its 45-degree angle.
Zendstation Markelo 174.4 m ?  Netherlands Markelo
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld 173 m 1968  Germany Schmallenberg-Bödefeld
San Jacinto Monument 172.92 m / 567.31 ft 1939  United States La Porte, Texas World's tallest monumental column
Reunion Tower 170.7 m 1978 Dallas
Iriški Venac TV Tower 170 m 1975  Serbia near Novi Sad
Juche Tower 1982  North Korea Pyongyang
Riyadh TV Tower 1981  Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Spinnaker Tower 2005  United Kingdom Portsmouth
Washington Monument 169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in 1884  United States Washington, DC Observation level at 152 m; tallest in the world 1884–1889; oldest in this list
Zagreb TV Tower 169 m 1973  Croatia Zagreb
Näsinneula Observation Tower 168 m 1971  Finland Tampere Located at Särkänniemi amusement park
Menara Alor Setar 165.5 m 1997  Malaysia Alor Setar The tallest structure in Alor Setar and Kedah.
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower 165 m 1972  Germany Bielefeld-Hühnenburg Also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower 164.6 m 1999  United States Las Vegas Replica of Eiffel Tower
Praděd TV Tower 162 m 1983  Czech Republic Praděd Mountain
Brighton i360 2016  United Kingdom Brighton Thinnest tall tower in the world[22]
Osaka Tower 160 m 1966  Japan Osaka
Skylon Tower 1965  Canada Niagara Falls
Blackpool Tower 158 m 1894  United Kingdom Blackpool
Gold Tower 1988  Japan Utazu, Kagawa
Snejanka tower 156 m 1978  Bulgaria Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka Also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
Kaknäs TV Tower 155 m 1964  Sweden Stockholm
Funkturm Arsenal 1975  Austria Vienna
Kaikyo Yume Tower 153 m 1996  Japan Shimonoseki
BT Tower 152 m 1967  United Kingdom Birmingham
Cathedral Tower 151 m (494 ft) 1971  United States Cuyahoga Falls
Dubai Frame 150.24 m 2017  United Arab Emirates Dubai [23]
Funkturm Berlin 150 m 1926  Germany Berlin Only observation tower standing on insulators
Pyongyang TV Tower 1968  North Korea Pyongyang
Galaţi TV Tower 1978  Romania Galaţi
SM Seaside City Cebu Tower 2016  Philippines Cebu City, Philippines

Towers between 100 and 150 metres tall

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Tower Pinnacle height Year Country City Remarks
Sapporo TV Tower 147.2 m 1957  Japan Sapporo
Dobrich TV Tower 146 m 1979  Bulgaria Dobrich
Pasilan linkkitorni 1983  Finland Helsinki
Fallturm Bremen 1990  Germany Bremen
Vasco da Gama Tower 145 m 1998  Portugal Lisbon
Strasbourg Cathedral 144 m 1176–1439  France Strasbourg
TVRI Tower 1982  Indonesia Jakarta
Nozema Tower Wormer 1968  Netherlands Wormer
Zigong TV Tower 143.6 m 1988  China Zigong
Akita Port Tower Selion 1994  Japan Akita
Heubach Telecommunication Tower 142.8 m 1965  Germany Heubach
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower 142 m 1978  Germany Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg
Monte Mario Tower 140 m ?  Italy Rome
Nozema Zendstation 139.5 m 1957  Netherlands Mierlo
MAHA Tower Langkawi 138 m 2021  Malaysia Langkawi The tallest structure on the island of Langkawi.
Twin Arch 138 1995  Japan Ichinomiya
Goes TV Tower 137 m 1957  Netherlands Goes Also known as Nozema TV Tower Goes. Between 1957 and 2007 153 m tall.
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower ?  Germany Hohenstadt
Monas 1975  Indonesia Jakarta
Higashiyama Sky Tower 134 m 1989  Japan Nagoya
Radio City Tower 1969  United Kingdom Liverpool
KLIA2 Control Tower 133.8 m 2013  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Tallest air-traffic control tower in the world[24]
Mulleklenkes 133 m 1984  Germany Aachen Radio-DVB-T Transmission Tower de:Mulleklenkes
Nozema Zendstation The Hague 1965  Netherlands The Hague
BKK Control Tower 132.2 m 2006  Thailand Bang Phli Second-tallest air-traffic control tower in the world
TV-toren Ittervoort ? 1989  Netherlands Ittervoort [25]
Kyoto Tower 131 m 1964  Japan Kyoto
1000 Islands SkyDeck 130 m 1965  Canada Hill Island, Ontario
TV Tower Nordhelle 1984  Germany Nordhelle
Telecommunication tower Großerlach 1985 Großerlach
Zendstation Loon op Zand 1986  Netherlands Loon op Zand
KUL Control Tower 1998  Malaysia Kuala-Lumpur
Independence Monument 128 m  Turkmenistan Ashgabat [26]
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń 128 m 2004  Poland Licheń
Express Lift Tower 127.45 m 1980–82  United Kingdom Northampton
Torre Entel 127.4 m 1974  Chile Santiago
Glasgow Tower 127 m 2001  United Kingdom Glasgow
Aliant Tower 127 m 1971  Canada Moncton
Dreamworld Tower 126.5m 1997  Australia Dreamworld, Coomera
Sender Inselsberg 126 m 1974  Germany Inselsberg Mountain Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939
Global Tower 125 m 1995  Japan Beppu
FMT 6 - Brackenheim ?  Germany Brackenheim
Chiba Port Tower 1986  Japan Chiba
Atakule Tower 1989  Turkey Ankara
Riga Radio Station ?  Latvia Riga
Gatlinburg Space Needle 124 m 1970  United States Gatlinburg
Tyholttårnet 1985  Norway Trondheim
Banharn-Jamsai Tower 123.25 m 1994  Thailand Suphan Buri
Salisbury Cathedral 123 m 1220–1320  United Kingdom Salisbury
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower 122.6 m 1974   Switzerland Mont Pèlerin
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni 122 m 1964  Finland Turku
Ginosa Water Tower ?  Italy Ginosa
Zendstation Megen 121 m 1980  Netherlands Megen
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg  Germany Duisburg
Busan Tower 120 m 1973  South Korea Busan
Gibloux Radio Tower 118.7 m ?   Switzerland Sorens
Crossland Tower 118 m 1994  Japan Oyabe, Toyama
Silistra TV Tower 117 m 1979  Bulgaria Silistra
Lisebergstornet 116.1 m 1990  Sweden Göteborg
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie 115 m ?  Canada Shawinigan, Quebec
Bernauer Birzel 115 m ?  Germany Bernau
ArcelorMittal Orbit 114.001 m 2012  United Kingdom London [27]
Torrazzo of Cremona 112.7 m 1309  Italy Cremona
Domtoren 112.5 m 1328  Netherlands Utrecht Free-standing medieval church tower, see also list of tallest churches
Bytków TV Tower 110 m ?  Poland Siemianowice Śląskie
Tiger Sky Tower 2004  Singapore Sentosa Island
Taming Sari Tower 2008  Malaysia Melaka First gyro tower in Malaysia, also the tallest gyro tower in Malaysia.
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower 109 m  Austria Vienna
Torre Branca 108.6 m 1933  Italy Milan
Casino Tower 108.2 m 1964  Canada Niagara Falls [28]
Kobe Port Tower 108 m 1963  Japan Kobe
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville 108 m 1984  France Paris-Romainville Also known as Tour Relais TDF
Goryokaku Tower 107 m 2006  Japan Hakodate
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 1915  United States Put-in-Bay, Ohio World's most massive Doric column; fourth-tallest memorial in the U.S.
Torre Jaume I 1931  Spain Barcelona Connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by Port Vell Aerial Tramway
Bremerhaven Radar Tower 106.1 m 1965  Germany Bremerhaven
Yokohama Marine Tower 106 m 1961  Japan Yokohama
Borisova Gradina TV Tower 1959  Bulgaria Sofia
Baiterek 105 m 2002  Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan [29]
Tsutenkaku 103 m 1956  Japan Osaka
Scream 1992  Germany Soltau - Heidepark Gyro-Drop Tower
Total Tower 102.4 m 1994  United States Denver
Atomium 102 m 1958  Belgium Brussels [30]
Roi Et Observation Tower 101 m 2020  Thailand Roi Et
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower ~100 m 1908  United Kingdom Birmingham, England
Beppu Tower 1957  Japan Beppu
Hakata Port Tower 1964  Japan Fukuoka
Ještěd TV Tower 1968  Czech Republic Jested
Hokkaido Centennial Monument 1970  Japan Sapporo
Bazita Peak TV Tower 1975  Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Holstein Tower 1988  Germany Sierksdorf Additionally guyed Gyro-Tower
Faro de Moncloa 1992  Spain Madrid

Towers proposed or under construction

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This is a list of towers that are proposed or under construction with a minimum height of 250m

Tower
Year
Country
City
Pinnacle height
Status
Function
Ref
Dubai Creek Tower ?  United Arab Emirates Dubai 828+ m on-hold observation [31]
Hanoi Broadcast Tower ?  Vietnam Hanoi 636 m vision observation / telecommunications [32]
Huanghe Landmark Tower ?  China Lanzhou 588 m proposed observation / telecommunications [33]
The Constellation ?  Qatar Doha 500 m vision observation
Icon Siam Tower ?  Thailand Bangkok 459 m proposed observation / telecommunications [34]
Tower Infinity ?  South Korea Incheon 448 m under construction observation [35]
Holy Mosque Twin Minarets ?  Saudi Arabia Mecca 420 m under construction religious [36]
Vodno Telecommunication Tower 2024  North Macedonia Skopje 155 m under construction observation / telecommunications [37]
Malacca Tower ?  Malaysia Malacca City 135 m proposed observation / telecommunications

Diagram

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CN TowerTokyo sky treeCanton TowerOstankino TowerOriental Pearl Tower

Timeline of tallest towers

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From To Tower Country City Pinnacle height
280 BC 1180 AD Pharos Lighthouse  Egypt Alexandria 122 m (400 ft)
1180 1240 Malmesbury Abbey Tower  United Kingdom Malmesbury 131.3 m (431 ft)
1240 1311 Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral London 150 m (490 ft)
1311 1549 Tower of Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln 159.7 m (524 ft)
1549 1647 Tower of St Mary's Church  Germany Stralsund 151 m (495 ft)
1647 1874 Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral  France Strasbourg 142 m (466 ft)
1874 1876 Tower of St. Nikolai  Germany Hamburg 147 m (482 ft)
1876 1880 Tower of Rouen Cathedral  France Rouen 151 m (495 ft)
1880 1884 Tower of Cologne Cathedral  Germany Cologne 157.38 m (516.3 ft)
1884 1889 Washington Monument  United States Washington, DC 169.3 m (555 ft)
1889 1956 Eiffel Tower  France Paris 312.27 m (1,024.5 ft)
1956 1957 KCTV Broadcast Tower  United States Kansas City 317.6 m (1,042 ft)
1957 1958 Eiffel Tower  France Paris 320.75 m (1,052.3 ft)
1958 1967 Tokyo Tower  Japan Tokyo 332.6 m (1,091 ft)
1967 1975 Ostankino Tower  Russia Moscow 540.1 m (1,772 ft)
1975 2009 CN Tower  Canada Toronto 553.33 m (1,815.4 ft)
2009 2011 Canton Tower  China Guangzhou 604 m (1,982 ft)
2011 present Tokyo Skytree  Japan Tokyo 634 m (2,080 ft)

See also

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