This is a list of the all the world's tallest structures, past and present of any type. Structures no longer standing are in italics. Most of the tallest structures are television broadcasting masts, followed by a mix of the taller tower-type structure (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rises buildings(like the Sears Tower). Scattered among these are other structures including oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc. List is organized by absolute height since it includes many different classes of structures.
A minimum height limit of 300 m is used for practical purposes to keep the list to a reasonable length.
| Height (m) | Structure |
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| 647 m | Warszawa radio mast, Plock, Poland
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| 629 m | KVLY-TV mast, Blanchard, North Dakota
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| 628 m | KXJB-TV mast, Galesburg, North Dakota
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| 624 m | KXTV/KOVR Tower, US
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| 615 m | KZFX-TV mast, Lake Jackson, Texas
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| 610 m | Petronius Platform, Gulf of Mexico
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| 610 m | WITN-TV mast, Grifton, North Carolina
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| 610 m | KATV-TV mast, Jefferson County, Arkansas
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| 609 m | KCAU TV Tower, US
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| 609.6 m | WECT TV6 Tower US
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| 609.6 m | KOLR/KOZK Tower US
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| 609.6 m | NYT Broadcast Holdings Tower US
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| 609.6 m | American Tower Management US
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| 609.6 m | Des Moines Hearst-Argyle TV Tower US
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| 609.6 m | Diversfied Communications Tower US
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| 609.6 m | AFLAC Tower US
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| 609.6 m | Jefferson Pilot Comm. Tower US
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| 609.6 m | Hearst-Argyle Tower US
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| 609.6 m | WTTO Tower US
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| 609.6 m | SpectraSite Tower US
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| 609.6 m | WCTV Tower US
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| 609.6 m | WCKW KHOM Tower US
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| 609.6 m | American Tower Limited Partnership Tower US
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| 609.6 m | Rohn Tower US
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| 609.4 m | Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower (TX) US
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| 609.4 m | KYTV Tower US
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| 609.4 m | SpectraSite Comm Tower US
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| 609.3 m | Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower (LA) US
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| 609.3 m | Salem Radio Properties Tower US
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| 609 m | WIBT Tower US
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| 607.2 m | KLTN Tower US
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| 606 m | WRAL HDTV Mast US
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| 601 m | Senior Road Tower US
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| 600 m | WCNC-TV Tower US
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| 592.4 m | CBC Real Estate Co. Inc US
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| 588 m | KKHT Radio Mast US
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| 583 m | WFMY-TV mast, Greensboro, North Carolina
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| 582 m | KTUL TV mast, Coweta, Oklahoma
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| 582 m | WFMY Tower US
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| 554 m | CN Tower, Toronto
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| 540 m | Ostankino Tower, Moscow
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| 527 m | World Trade Center Tower One, New York City (destroyed 2001)
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| 520 m | Sears Tower, Chicago
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| 508 m | Taipei 101, Taipei
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| 487 m | WGME-TV mast, Raymond, Maine
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| 468 m | Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China
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| 452 m | Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
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| 443 m | Empire State Building, New York City
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| Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran (under construction, height to be 435 m)
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| 427 m | Omega navigation mast, Darriman, Australia
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| 421 m | Jin Mao Building, Shanghai
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| 421 m | Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 415 m | World Trade Center Tower Two, New York City (destroyed 2001)
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| 415 m | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, Tianjin
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| 412 m | Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
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| 405 m | Central Radio and TV Tower, Beijing, China
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| 391 m | CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou
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| 388 m | Tower Zero, Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Australia
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| 384 m | Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen
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| 387 m | Tuntex 85 Sky Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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| 384 m | Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine
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| 384 m | Gerbrandytoren Lopik, Lopik, Netherlands
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| 378.4 m | Central Plaza, Hong Kong
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| 375 m | Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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| 369 m | Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
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| 368.03 m | Berliner Fernsehturm, Berlin
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| 360 m | Trbovlje Chimney, Trbovlje, Slovenia
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| 355 m | Emirates Tower One, Dubai
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| 355 m | First Canadian Place, Toronto
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| 350 m | Stratosphere, Las Vegas
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| 347 m | T&C Tower, Kaohsiung
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| 346 m | Amoco Building, Chicago
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| 344 m | John Hancock Center, Chicago
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| 338 m | Macau Tower, Macau
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| 333 m | Tokyo Tower, Tokyo
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| 330 m | Emley Moor mast, Emley Moor
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| 330 m | Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang
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| 328 m | Sky Tower, Auckland
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| 322 m | Sky Central Plaza, Guangzhou
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| 320 m | Baiyoke Tower, Bangkok
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| 319 m | Chrysler Building, New York City
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| 312 m | Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta
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| 310 m | U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles
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| 305 m | J.P. Morgan Chase Tower, Houston
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| 305 m | AMP Tower, Sydney
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| 301 m | Eiffel Tower, Paris
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| 300 m | Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
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