List of tallest towers

Comparison of the world's seven tallest towers

This is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded from this list because they are not designed for public or regular operational access are Bridge towers or pylons, 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 February 2012, reaches a height of 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower, and second tallest free standing structure in the world.^[1][2][3]

Entirely self-supported towers

Towers taller than 250 metres

Rank	Name	Pinnacle height (meters, feet)	Year	Structure	Country	City	Remarks
1	Tokyo Skytree	634 m (2,080 ft)	2012	Steel	Japan	Tokyo	Topped out on 18 March 2011, construction completed on 29 February 2012, tallest tower since 2011
2	Canton Tower	595.7 m (1,954 ft)	2010	Steel and Concrete	China	Guangzhou	Tallest tower in the world 2009–11
3	CN Tower	553.3 m (1,815 ft)	1976	Concrete	Canada	Toronto	Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, tallest structure in the western hemisphere
4	Ostankino Tower	540.1 m (1,772 ft)	1967	Concrete	Russia	Moscow	Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967–75, tallest structure in Europe; 2000 fire led to renovation
5	Oriental Pearl Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	1994	Concrete	China	Shanghai	Tallest structure in China 1994–2007
6	Milad Tower	435 m (1,427 ft)	2007	Concrete	Iran	Tehran	Tallest tower in Middle East
7	KL Tower	421 m (1,381 ft)	1994	Concrete	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Tallest in South East Asia
8	Tianjin Radio and Television Tower	415.2 m (1,362 ft)	1991	Concrete	China	Tianjin
9	Central Radio and TV Tower	405 m (1,329 ft)	1992	Concrete	China	Beijing
10	Zhongyuan Tower	388 m (1,273 ft)	2011	Steel	China	Zhengzhou
11	Kiev TV Tower	385 m (1,263 ft)	1973	Lattice	Ukraine	Kiev	Tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world
12	Tashkent Tower	374.9 m (1,230 ft)	1985	Steel	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Tallest structure in Central Asia
13	Liberation Tower	372 m (1,220 ft)	1996	Concrete	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Clad in ceramics
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	Steel	Latvia	Riga	Tallest structure in the European Union
16	Berliner Fernsehturm	368 m (1,207 ft)	1969	Concrete	Germany	Berlin	Tallest structure in Germany
17	Stratosphere Tower	350.2 m (1,149 ft)	1996	Concrete	United States	Las Vegas	Tallest observation tower in the United States
18	West Pearl Tower	339 m (1,112 ft)	2004	Concrete	China	Chengdu	Tallest structure in Western China
19	Macau Tower	338 m (1,109 ft)	2001	Concrete	China	Macau
20	Europaturm	337.5 m (1,107 ft)	1979	Concrete	Germany	Frankfurt
21	Dragon Tower	336 m (1,102 ft)	2000	Lattice	China	Harbin	Second tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world, tallest in Asia
22	Tokyo Tower	332.6 m (1,091 ft)	1958	Lattice	Japan	Tokyo	Second tallest structure in Japan
23	Emley Moor TV Tower	330.4 m (1,084 ft)	1971	Concrete	United Kingdom	Huddersfield/Wakefield	Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom
24	WITI TV Tower	329.4 m (1,081 ft)	1962	Lattice	United States	Shorewood (Milwaukee)
25	Sky Tower (Auckland)	328 m (1,076 ft)	1997	Concrete	New Zealand	Auckland	Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere
26	Vilnius TV Tower	327 m (1,073 ft)	1980	Concrete	Lithuania	Vilnius
27	Saint Petersburg TV Tower	326 m (1,070 ft)	1962	Lattice	Russia	Saint Petersburg
28	Eiffel Tower	324 m (1,063 ft)	1889	Lattice	France	Paris	First structure to surpass 300 metres in height, tallest structure in the world 1889–1930, oldest structure in this list
29	WHDH-TV tower	323.8 m (1,062 ft)	1994	Lattice	United States	Newton, Massachusetts
30	Rameswaram TV Tower	323 m (1,060 ft)	1995	Concrete	India	Rameswaram
31	Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower	318.5 m (1,045 ft)	1996	Concrete	China	Nanjing
32	KCTV Tower	317.6 m (1,042 ft)	1956	Lattice	United States	Kansas City
33	Tallinn TV Tower	314 m (1,030 ft)	1980	Concrete	Estonia	Tallinn
34	Yerevan TV Tower	311.7 m (1,023 ft)	1977	Concrete	Armenia	Yerevan
35	Tortoise Mountain TV Tower	311.4 m (1,022 ft)	1986	Concrete	China	Wuhan
36	Azeri TV Tower	310 m (1,020 ft)	1996	Concrete	Azerbaijan	Baku
37	Sydney Tower	309 m (1,014 ft)	1981	Concrete	Australia	Sydney
38	Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower	305.5 m (1,002 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Shenyang
39	Fazilka TV Tower	304.8 m (1,000 ft)	2007	Lattice	India	Fazilka
40	Jaisalmer TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1993	Concrete	India	Jaisalmer
41	Samatra TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1999	Concrete	India	Bhuj
42	Amritsar TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	2003	Concrete	India	Amritsar
43	Mumbai TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	??	Lattice	India	Mumbai
44	BRTN Toren	300 m (984 ft)	1996	Concrete	Belgium	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
45	Sutro Tower	295 m (968 ft)	1973	Steel	United States	San Francisco
46	Zhuzhou Television Tower	293 m (961 ft)	1999	Concrete	China	Zhuzhou
47	Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg	292 m (958 ft)	1977	Concrete	Germany	Nuremberg
48	Star Tower	291 m (955 ft)	1991	Lattice	United States	Cincinnati
49	Olympiaturm	289.5 m (950 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Munich
50	Torre de Collserola	288 m (945 ft)	1992	Steel	Spain	Barcelona
51	Telemax	282.2 m (926 ft)	1992	Concrete	Germany	Hannover
52	OP Jindal Tower	280 m (920 ft)	2009	Steel	India	Hisar
53	Jalandhar TV Tower	280 m (920 ft)	??	Concrete	India	Jalandhar
54	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm	279.7 m (918 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Hamburg
55	Perm TV Tower	275 m (902 ft)[4]	2016	Lattice	Russia	Perm
56	Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower	274.5 m (901 ft)	1972	Steel	Georgia	Tbilisi
57	Hillbrow Tower	269 m (883 ft)	1971	Concrete	South Africa	Johannesburg
58	Kaifeng TV Tower	268 m (879 ft)	1995	Concrete	China	Kaifeng
59	Colonius	266 m (873 ft)	1981	Concrete	Germany	Cologne
60	Novorossiysk TV Tower	261.5 m (858 ft)	1996	Concrete	Russia	Novorossiysk
61	Daqing Radio and Television Tower	260 m (850 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Daqing
62	Moscow Octod Tower	258 m (846 ft)	2006	Lattice	Russia	Moscow
63	Olympic Park Observation Tower	258 m (846 ft)	2014	Steel	China	Beijing
64	Volgograd TV Tower	256 m (840 ft)[5]	2016	Lattice	Russia	Volgograd
65	Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf	255 m (837 ft)	1976	Concrete	Germany	Koblenz
66	Donauturm	252 m (827 ft)	1964	Concrete	Austria	Vienna
67	Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz	252 m (827 ft)	1969	Concrete	Germany	Dresden
68	Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona	250 m (820 ft)	1984	Concrete	Switzerland	St. Chrischona
69	Novodnistrovsk TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	1987	Steel	Ukraine	Novodnistrovsk
70	Jeddah TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	2007	Concrete	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah
71	Hanoi TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	2013	Lattice	Vietnam	Hanoi

Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Meget TV Tower	1994	Russia	Meget	246 m
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower	1987	China	Xi'an	245 m
Seto Digital Tower	2003	Japan	Seto, Aichi	244.7 m
Astara TV Tower	1981	Azerbaijan	Astara	244 m	Possibly +10 m
Vitebsk TV Tower	1983	Belarus	Vitebsk	244 m	Possibly +10 m
NSS Annapolis	1936	United States	Annapolis	243.8 m	Destroyed
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)	1925	Germany	Königs Wusterhausen	243 m	Collapsed on November 15, 1972
Yakutsk TV Tower	1982	Russia	Yakutsk	241.7 m
Kharkiv TV Tower	1981	Ukraine	Kharkiv	240.7 m[6]
Rheinturm Düsseldorf	1981	Germany	Düsseldorf	240.5 m	Was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004
Pattaya Park Tower	?	Thailand	Pattaya	240 m
N Seoul Tower	1975	South Korea	Seoul	239.7 m	Tower tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level (sits atop Namsan mountain)
Menara TVRI	1994	Indonesia	Jakarta	239 m
Foshan TV Tower	1995	China	Foshan	238 m
Sentech Tower	1962	South Africa	Johannesburg	237 m
Tower of Power	1988	Philippines	Quezon City	236.8 m	Serves as the main transmission center of the stations: GMA Channel 7, GMA News TV Channel 11, and Barangay LS 97.1 that serving the area of Metro Manila. This transmitter can be used to transmit channel 27 on digital TV for its test broadcast.
Endem TV Tower	2002	Turkey	Istanbul	236 m
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower	1986	Germany	Bremen-Walle	235.7 m
Pitampura TV Tower	1988	India	Delhi	235 m
Birobidzhan TV Tower	1972	Russia	Birobidzhan	234 m
Hughes Memorial Tower	1989	United States	Washington, DC	232 m
Transmitter Wavre	?	Belgium	Wavre	232 m
Qingdao TV Tower	1994	China	Qingdao	232 m
WOR TV Tower	1949	United States	North Bergen, New Jersey	231.65 m	Dismantled
Torrespaña	1982	Spain	Madrid	231 m
Fernmeldeturm Kiel	1972	Germany	Kiel	230 m
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower	1991	Germany	Cuxhaven	230 m
Ryan Tower	1968	Canada	Chelsea, Quebec	228.9 m
Tower of the Americas	1968	United States	San Antonio, Texas	228.6 m
Torre Espacial	1980	Argentina	Buenos Aires	228 m
WLW Tower	1932	United States	Mason, Ohio	227.7 m	Originally 253 meters
Karabash TV Tower	2004	Russia	Karabash	225 m[7]
Katanga TV Tower	1992	India	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	225 m
Brasilia TV Tower	1965	Brazil	Brasilia	224 m
Buková hora TV Tower	1975	Czech Republic	Bukova hora, Verneřice	223 m
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42	1986	Germany	Münster	222.5 m
Crystal Palace Transmitter	1950	United Kingdom	London	222 m
Belgorod TV Tower	2013	Russia	Belgorod	220.9 m[8]
Military transmission tower	1988	Latvia	Kuldiga	220 m
Tower A of the defense ministry	1974	Japan	Tokyo, Shinjuku	220 m
Yekaterinburg TV Tower	1991	Russia	Yekaterinburg	220 m	Incomplete, projected height 360 m
Florianturm	1959	Germany	Dortmund	219.6 m
ABS-CBN Tower	1969	Philippines	Quezon City	219.5 m
Jilin Radio and TV Tower	1996	China	Jilin	218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower	1991	China	Guangzhou	217 m
Fernsehturm Stuttgart	1956	Germany	Stuttgart-Degerloch	216.8 m	World's first concrete TV tower
Blosenbergturm	1937	Switzerland	Beromünster	216 m	Insulated against ground
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower	1992	Czech Republic	Prague	216 m
Longwave transmitter Junglinster	1952	Luxembourg	Junglinster	215 m	Three towers, insulated against ground, were 250 m before 1980
Kyshtym TV Tower	?	Russia	Kyshtym	213 m
Yuryuzan TV Tower	?	Russia	Yuryuzan	213 m
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim	1975	Germany	Mannheim	212.8 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes	1997	Brazil	São Paulo	212 m
Fernmeldeturm Berlin	1964	Germany	Berlin	212 m
Cherepovets TV Tower	1987	Russia	Cherepovets	212 m[9]
Zlatoust TV Tower	1983	Russia	Zlatoust	211 m
Turkmenistan Broadcasting Centre	2011	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	211 m
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée	?	Belgium	Bol d'Air-Ougrée	210 m
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque	1993	Morocco	Casablanca	210 m
Melitopol TV Tower	1970	Ukraine	Melitopol	208 m
Arkhangelsk TV Tower	2003	Russia	Arkhangelsk	208 m
Cimişlia TV Tower	?	Moldova	Cimişlia	208 m
Transmitter Hornisgrinde	1972	Germany	Hornisgrinde	206 m
Novosemeykino transmitter	1942	Russia	Novosemeykino, Samara	205 m	Four towers, insulated against ground. Demolished in July 2010[10]
Baghdad Tower	1994	Iraq	Baghdad	205 m	Formerly International Saddam Tower
Donnersberg TV Tower	1962	Germany	Donnersberg	204.82 m
Vyborg TV Tower	1966	Russia	Vyborg	204.6 m
Avala TV Tower	1965	Serbia	Avala, near Belgrade	204.5 m	Destroyed in NATO bombing of Belgrade on April 29, 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest tower in Balkans
Edineţ TV Tower	?	Moldova	Edineţ	204 m
Rousse TV Tower	1987	Bulgaria	Rousse	204 m
Daugavpils Radio and TV Tower	?	Latvia	Daugavpils	204 m
Valmiera Radio and TV Tower	1954	Latvia	Valmiera	204 m
Cesvaine Radio and TV Tower	?	Latvia	Cesvaine	204 m
Rēzekne Radio and TV Tower	?	Latvia	Rēzekne	204 m
TV tower Helpterberge	1981	Germany	Helpterberge	203.2 m
Dundaga Radio and TV Tower	?	Latvia	Dundaga	203 m
Woobang Tower	1992	South Korea	Daegu	202 m
TRK Orion Tower	2002	Russia	Samara	201 m
Orenburg TV Tower	1961	Russia	Orenburg	200 m
Kamzik TV Tower	1975	Slovakia	Bratislava	200 m
TV5 Transmitter Tower	1992	Philippines	Quezon City	200 m
Guangdong TV Tower	1965	China	Guangzhou	200 m
VRT Zendmast Genk	?	Belgium	Genk	200 m
Gomel TV Tower	1957	Belarus	Gomel	200 m
Kherson TV Tower	2005	Ukraine	Kherson	200 m

Towers between 100 and 200 metres tall

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Xuzhou TV Tower	1990	China	Xuzhou	199 m
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven	1962	Netherlands	Rotterdam-Waalhaven	199 m
Zendmast Roermond	1957	Netherlands	Roermond	197.7 m
KPN Tower Hilversum	1973	Netherlands	Hilversum	196 m
Bantiger TV Tower	1996	Switzerland	Bolligen	196 m
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō	1988	Japan	Nishitōkyō, Tokyo	195 m
Transmission Tower Blessberg	?	Germany	Blessberg	195 m
Telstra Tower	1980	Australia	Canberra	195 m
Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère	1997	France	Mulhouse-Belvédère	194 m
Cukrák transmitter	1961	Czech Republic	Jíloviště	193.5 m
Lviv TV Tower	1957	Ukraine	Lviv	192 m
Donetsk TV Tower	1956	Ukraine	Donetsk	192 m
Gateway Arch	1965	United States	St. Louis	192 m
Dalian Radio and TV Tower	?	China	Dalian	190.5 m
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach	?	United States	Carolina Beach	190.5 m	Insulated against ground, collapsed in 1963
DVB-T Communications Tower	1986	Germany	Leipzig	190 m
Calgary Tower	1967	Canada	Calgary	190 m
BT Tower	1964	United Kingdom	London	188 m
Cairo Tower	1961	Egypt	Cairo	188 m
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano	1990	Italy	Rozzano - Milan	187 m	Tallest tower in Italy until 2014 when Il Dritto (Citylife project) will be the tallest building in Italy by roof height
Kuwait Towers	1979	Kuwait	Kuwait City	187 m
Euromast	1962	Netherlands	Rotterdam	186 m
Kuwait Towers	1976	Kuwait	Kuwait City	185 + 145.8 m Three tower
Ovce Pole medium wave transmitter	1970	Macedonia	Sveti Nikole	186 m
TV tower Decquede	1959	Germany	Dequede	184.5 m
Space Needle	1962	United States	Seattle	184 m
Launch Pad 39B	2009	United States	John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL	182.88 m	3 lightning masts for Ares I rocket
Brasilia Digital TV Tower	2012	Brazil	Brasília, DF	182 m
Nagoya TV Tower	1954	Japan	Nagoya	180 m
PL Peace Tower	1970	Japan	Tondabayashi	180 m
Kuldīga Radio and TV Transmitter	?	Latvia	Kuldīga	180 m
Gori TV Broadcasting Tower	1972	Georgia	Gori	180 m
Hošťálkovice transmitter	1979	Czech Republic	Ostrava	180 m
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg	1977	Germany	Bungsberg	179 m
Löffelstelz Transmitter	2000	Germany	Bad Mergentheim	179 m
Pécs TV Tower	1973	Hungary	Pécs	176 m
Olympic Stadium tower	1987	Canada	Montreal	175.3 m	The highest inclined tower in the world, with its 175-metre elevation and 45-degree angle.
Odinstårnet	1935	Denmark	Odense	175 m	Destroyed on 14 December 1944
Zendstation Markelo	?	Netherlands	Markelo	174.4 m
CBC Jarvis Street Tower	1952	Canada	Toronto	174 m	Demolished in 2002
San Jacinto Monument	1939	United States	La Porte, Texas	172.92 m / 567.31 ft	World's tallest monumental column
New Brighton Tower	1900	United Kingdom	New Brighton	172.8 m	Dismantled
Reisenbach Telecommunication Tower	1972	Germany	Mudau	173 m
RKS Dobrochov	?	Czech Republic	Dobrochov	171 m
Reunion Tower	1978	United States	Dallas	170.7 m
Iriški Venac TV Tower	1975	Serbia	near Novi Sad	170 m
Juche Tower	1982	North Korea	Pyongyang	170 m
Riyadh TV Tower	1981	Saudi Arabia	Riyad	170 m
Spinnaker Tower	2005	United Kingdom	Portsmouth	170 m
Washington Monument	1884	United States	Washington, DC	169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in	Observation level at 152 m
Zagreb TV Tower	1973	Croatia	Zagreb	169 m
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld	?	Germany	Schmallenberg-Bödefeld	168.7 m
Näsinneula Observation Tower	1971	Finland	Tampere	168 m	Located at Särkänniemi amusement park
Alūksne Radio and TV Transmitter	?	Latvia	Alūksne	168 m
Transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz	1985	Germany	Hellenthal-Bärbelkreuz	167 m
Çamlıca TV Tower	1972	Turkey	Istanbul	166 m
Menara Alor Star	1998	Malaysia	Alor Star	165.5 m
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower	?	Germany	Bielefeld-Hühnenburg	165 m	Also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Heubach Telecommunication Tower	?	Germany	Heubach	164.8 m
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower	1999	United States	Las Vegas	164.6 m	Replica of Eiffel Tower
Ochsenkopf TV Tower	1958	Germany	Ochsenkopf mountain	163 m
TV Tower Namur-Profondville	?	Belgium	Namur-Profondville	163 m
Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf	?	Germany	Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf	163 m
Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen	1964	Germany	Ulm-Ermingen	162 m
Praděd TV Tower	1983	Czech Republic	Praděd Mountain	162 m
Ulm Münster	1377–1890	Germany	Ulm	161.5 m	Tallest church tower in the world
Fernmeldeturm Langenrehm	?	Germany	Rosengarten-Langenrehm	161 m
Nozema TV Tower Lelystad	1975	Netherlands	Lelystad	161 m
Indus Radio FM 100.20	2009	Pakistan	Tando Muhammad Khan	160 m	FM Tower
Fernmeldeturm Leer-Nüttermoor	?	Germany	Leer-Nüttermoor	160 m
Osaka Tower	1966	Japan	Osaka	160 m
Skylon Tower	1965	Canada	Niagara Falls	160 m
Pylons of Cádiz	1960	Spain	Cádiz	158 m	Hyperboloid structure. Two towers
Blackpool Tower	1894	United Kingdom	Blackpool	158 m
Gold Tower	1988	Japan	Utazu, Kagawa	158 m
Telecommunication Tower Plettenberg	?	Germany	Plettenberg	158 m
Fernmeldeturm Essen	?	Germany	Essen	157.5 m
Cologne Cathedral	1248–1880	Germany	Cologne	157.4 m	Two towers
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont	?	Belgium	Tournai-Froidmont	157 m
Snejanka tower	1978	Bulgaria	Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka	156 m	Also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
Zendstation Roosendaal	1986	Netherlands	Roosendaal	156 m
Viesīte Radio and TV Transmitter	?	Latvia	Viesīte	156 m
Kaknästornet TV Tower	1964	Sweden	Stockholm	155 m
Funkturm Arsenal	?	Austria	Vienna	155 m
Nozema TV Tower Goes	1957	Netherlands	Goes	153.5 m	Also known as Nozema TV Tower
Kaikyo Yume Tower	1996	Japan	Shimonoseki	153 m
Telecommunication Tower Willebadessen	1993	Germany	Willebadessen	152.5 m	Also known as Fernsehsender Eggegebirge
BT Tower	1967	United Kingdom	Birmingham	152 m
RKS Mělník-Chloumek	?	Czech Republic	Mělník	152 m
Florida Citrus Tower	1956	United States	Clermont	152 m	Highest observation point in Florida
Rouen Cathedral	1145–1876	France	Rouen	151 m
Cuyahoga Falls Cathedral Tower	1971	USA	Cuyahoga Falls	150.57 m	unfinished TV tower
Funkturm Berlin	1926	Germany	Berlin	150 m	Only observation tower standing on insulators
Fernsehsender Ebbegebirge	1983	Germany	Herscheid	150 m	Also known as Fernmeldeturm Waldberg
RKS Liblice 1	1929–31	Czech Republic	Liblice	150 m	Demolished in 2004
Sendeturm Wiederau	1935	Germany	Wiederau	150 m	Timber construction, dismantled on 27 October 1953
Mannesmann Tower Vienna	1954	Austria	Vienna	150 m
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier	?	Belgium	Leglise-Anlier	150 m
Galaţi TV Tower	1978	Romania	Galaţi	150 m
Friedrichsberg Television Tower	2008	Germany	Waldenburg	150 m
Zendstation Maastricht	?	Netherlands	Maastricht	149.5 m
KPN Tower Haarlem	1968	Netherlands	Haarlem	149 m
KEMA Toren	1969	Netherlands	Arnhem	149 m	Also known as Tennet Tower or Tennet Toren
St. Nikolai, Hamburg	1846–77	Germany	Hamburg	147.3 m	Church ruin
Sapporo TV Tower	1957	Japan	Sapporo	147.2 m
Pasilan linkkitorni	1983	Finland	Helsinki	146 m
Dobrich TV Tower	1979	Bulgaria	Dobrich	146 m
Fallturm Bremen	1990	Germany	Bremen	146 m
Kennedy Boulevard (Hotel Marriott)	1999	Chile	Santiago	145 m
Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1	?	Germany	Soltau-Bergen	145 m
Vasco da Gama Tower	1998	Portugal	Lisboa	145 m
Strasbourg Cathedral	1176–1439	France	Strasbourg	144 m
Nozema Tower Wormer	1968	Netherlands	Wormer	144 m
Zigong TV Tower	1988	China	Zigong	143.6 m
Mechelen Telecommunicatietoren en watertoren	1980	Belgium	Mechelen	143 m
TV Tower Aalen	?	Germany	Aalen	142 m
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower	1978	Germany	Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg	142 m
VW-Tower	1958	Germany	Hannover	141 m
Hoherodskopf telecommunication tower	?	Germany	Schotten-Hoherodskopf	141 m
Monte Mario Tower	?	Italy	Rome	140 m
Nozema Zendstation Mierlo	1957	Netherlands	Mierlo	139.5 m
Bredstedt Telecommunication Transmitter	?	Germany	Bredstedt	139 m
Twin Arch 138	1995	Japan	Ishinomiya	138 m
Fernmeldeturm Ansbach	?	Germany	Ansbach	137.5 m
Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf	?	Germany	Hamburg-Bergedorf	137.5 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower	?	Germany	Hohenstadt	137 m
Monas	1975	Indonesia	Jakarta	137 m
St. Chrischona, old tower	1962	Switzerland	St. Chrischona	136 m
Montjuic Communications Tower	1992	Spain	Barcelona	136 m
Higashiyama Sky Tower	1989	Japan	Nagoya	134 m
Radio City Tower	1969	United Kingdom	Liverpool	134 m
KLIA2 Control Tower	2013	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	133.8m	Tallest Air-traffic control tower in the world[11]
Mulleklenkes	1984	Germany	Aachen	133 m	Radio-DVB-T Transmission Tower de:Mulleklenkes
Nozema Zendstation The Hague	1965	Netherlands	The Hague	133 m
BKK Control Tower	2006	Thailand	Bang Phli	132.2 m	Second tallest air-traffic control tower in the world
Telefónica Chile Tower	1996	Chile	Santiago	132 m
TV-toren Ittervoort	?	Netherlands	Ittervoort	132 m
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig	?	Germany	Leipzig	132 m
Kyoto Tower	1964	Japan	Kyoto	131 m
1000 Islands SkyDeck	1965	Canada	Hill Island, Ontario	130 m
TV Tower Nordhelle	1984	Germany	Nordhelle	130 m
Telecommunication tower Großerlach	1985	Germany	Großerlach	130 m
Zendstation Loon op Zand	1986	Netherlands	Loon op Zand	130 m
Shiraz Tower	2011	Iran	Shiraz	130 m
KUL Control Tower	1998	Malaysia	Kuala-Lumpur	130 m
Piątkowo transmitter, Tower 2	1993	Poland	Poznań	128 m
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń	2004	Poland	Licheń	128 m
Express Lift Tower	1980–82	United Kingdom	Northampton, Northamptonshire	127.45 m
Torre Entel	1974	Chile	Santiago	127.4 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton	1923	Sweden	Grimeton	127 m
Glasgow Tower	2001	United Kingdom	Glasgow	127 m
Aliant Tower	1971	Canada	Moncton	127 m
Sender Inselsberg	1974	Germany	Inselsberg Mountain	+ 126 m	Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939
Dreamworld Tower	1997	Australia	Dreamworld, Coomera	126.5m
Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower	1937	Switzerland	Beromünster	126 m	Insulated against ground
Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower	1931	Switzerland	Sottens	125 m	Insulated against ground
HBG Prangins	1931	Switzerland	Prangins	125 m	Two towers
Grobal Tower	1995	Japan	Beppu	125 m
FMT 6 - Brackenheim	?	Germany	Brackenheim	125 m
Craigkelly TV Tower	?	United Kingdom	Craigkelly, Burntisland, Fife	125 m
Chiba Port Tower	1986	Japan	Chiba	125 m
Atakule Tower	1989	Turkey	Ankara	125 m
Riga Radio Station	?	Latvia	Riga	125 m
Gatlinburg Space Needle	1970	United States	Gatlinburg	124 m
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth	1935	Germany	Nuremberg	124 m	Timber construction, dismantled in 1935
Transmitter Geiersberg	?	Germany	Geiersberg	124 m
Tyholttårnet	1985	Norway	Trondheim	124 m
Banharn-Jamsai Tower	?	Thailand	Suphan Buri	123.25 m
Salisbury Cathedral	1220–1320	United Kingdom	Salisbury	123 m
Sender Brocken	1937 and 1974	Germany	Brocken Mountain	123 m	95 m on original tower
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower	1974	Switzerland	Mont Pèlerin	122.6 m
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni	1964	Finland	Turku	122 m
Ginosa Water Tower	?	Italy	Ginosa	122 m
Transmission Tower Lindenfels	?	Germany	Lindenfels	122 m
Zendstation Megen	1980	Netherlands	Megen	121 m
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg		Germany	Duisburg	121 m
Longwave transmitter Motala	1927	Sweden	Motala	120 m
Mannesmann Tower Hannover	1955	Austria	Hannover	120 m
Sucha Góra TV Tower	1962	Poland	Czamorzeki	120 m
Henninger Turm	1961	Germany	Frankfurt/Main	120 m	Silo with observation tower
Chennevières Transmitter	1972	France	Chennevières-sur-Marne	120 m
Stokenchurch BT Tower	?	United Kingdom	Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire	120 m
Directional Radio Tower Le Chasseral	1983	Switzerland	Le Chasseral	120 m
Makarki Directional Radio Tower	?	Poland	Makarki	120 m	Lattice tower as basement
Torre de la Industria	1994	Chile	Santiago	120 m
High Point Place	2006	United States	Florida	120 m
Transmission Tower Hesselberg	?	Germany	Hesselberg	119 m
Gibloux Radio Tower	?	Switzerland	Sorens	118.7 m
Charwelton BT Tower	?	United Kingdom	Charwelton	118.3 m
Busan Tower	1973	South Korea	Busan	118 m
Transmitter Kalundborg	1927	Denmark	Kalundborg	118 m
Radio Tower Gliwice	1935	Poland	Gliwice	118 m	Tallest existing timber-constructed transmission tower
Tryvannstårnet	1962	Norway	Oslo	118 m
Charwelton BT Tower	?	United Kingdom	Charwelton, Northamptonshire	118 m
Crossland Tower	1994	Japan	Oyabe, Toyama	118 m
Kvitsøy Tower	1981–82	Norway	Kvitsoy	117.5 m
Oberhausen gasometer	1929	Germany	Oberhausen	117 m
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Bullenhausen	117 m
Silistra TV Tower	1979	Bulgaria	Silistra	117 m
Lisebergstornet	1990	Sweden	Göteborg	116.1 m
Transmitter Heilsberg	1935	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	115 m	Timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie	?	Canada	Shawinigan, Quebec	115 m
Bernauer Birzel	?	Germany	Bernau	115 m
Jagodnik transmitter	?	Poland	Jagodnik	115 m
Pollonius	1992	Germany	Köln-Porz	115 m
Torre CCU	2007	Chile	Santiago	115 m
Wilhelmshaven Nautical Office Antenna Tower	1977	Germany	Wilhelmshaven	114.1 m
Torre Tavira II	1994	Spain	Cádiz	114 m
Torrazzo of Cremona	1309	Italy	Cremona	112.7 m
Domtoren	1328	Netherlands	Utrecht	112.5 m	Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches
Torre Centenario	2000	Chile	Santiago	112 m
Transmission Tower La Dole	1958	Switzerland	La Dole	112 m
Swingate Transmitter	?	United Kingdom	Swingate, Kent	111 m	3 towers
AWA Tower	1938–39	Australia	Sydney, NSW	111 m	46m antenna tower atop building
Tiger Sky Tower	2004	Singapore	Sentosa Island	110 m	Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia
Bytków TV Tower	?	Poland	Siemianowice Śląskie	110 m
Fleckendorf Radio Tower	1955	Austria	Ansfelden	110 m
Agenskalns TV Tower	?	Latvia	Riga	110 m
Taming Sari Tower	2008	Malaysia	Melaka	110 m	First revolving tower in Malaysia
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower		Austria	Vienna	109 m
Torre Branca	1933	Italy	Milano	108.6 m
Transmitter Witthoh	1951	Germany	Emmingen-Liptingen	108 m
Kobe Port Tower	1963	Japan	Kobe	108 m
Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg	?	Germany	Nuremberg	108 m
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower	1985	Bulgaria	Vitosha Mountain	186 m
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville	1984	France	Paris-Romainville	108 m	Also known as Tour Relais TDF
Goryokaku Tower	2006	Japan	Hakodate	107 m
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial	1915	United States	Put-in-Bay, Ohio	107 m	World’s most massive Doric column; 4th tallest memorial in U.S.
Torre Jaume I	1931	Spain	Barcelona	107 m	Connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by Port Vell Aerial Tramway
Freiburg-Lehen transmitter	1933	Germany	Freiburg	107 m	Timber construction, blown-up on April 21, 1945
Heiligenstock transmitter	1934	Germany	Frankfurt/Main	107 m	Timber construction, demolished on March 25, 1945
Transmitter Koblenz	1934	Germany	Koblenz	107 m	Timber construction, dismantled in 1965
Transmitter Trier	1935	Germany	Trier	107 m	Timber construction, dismantled in 1948
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site	?	Japan	Yokosuka	106.7 m	Demolished
Bremerhaven Radar Tower	1965	Germany	Bremerhaven	106.1 m
Yokohama Marine Tower	1961	Japan	Yokohama	106 m
Borisova Gradina TV Tower	1959	Bulgaria	Sofia	106 m
Zendstation Amsterdam	2002	Netherlands	Amsterdam	106 m
Pardubice TV Tower	1988	Czech Republic	Pardubice	105 m
RTON Lublin-Raabego	?	Poland	Lublin	104 m	Radio-TV Transmission Tower
Wannenberg Transmission Tower	?	Germany	Wannenberg	103 m
Tsutenkaku	1956	Japan	Osaka	103 m
Scream	1992	Germany	Soltau - Heidepark	103 m	Gyro-Drop Tower
Total Tower	1994	United States	Denver	102.4 m
Kitzbühl Horn transmitter	?	Austria	Kitzbühl	102 m
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg	?	Germany	Heidelberg	102 m
Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter	?	Poland	Zakopane	102 m
Transmitter Heilsberg	1930	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	102 m	Twin timber construction, dismantled in 1940
Torre del Mangia	1348	Italy	Siena	102 m
Telecommunication Tower of Munich postal district	1956	Germany	Munich	101.6 m
Brotjacklriegl TV Tower	1960	Germany	Brotjacklriegel	100.3 m
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower	1908	United Kingdom	Birmingham, England	100 m
Tour Perret	1925	France	Grenoble	100 m
Reichenbach transmitter	1937	Germany	Reichenbach/Oberlausitz	100 m	Timber construction, demolished on May 7, 1945
Puckeridge DECCA tower	194?	United Kingdom	Puckeridge	100 m	Insulated against ground
Golm transmitter	1948	Germany	Golm	100 m	Timber construction, dismantled on 25 October 1979
Schöckl Transmitter	1956	Austria	Schöckl Mountain	100 m	Additionally guyed
Gaisberg Transmitter	1956	Austria	Gaisberg Mountain	100 m
Beppu Tower	1957	Japan	Beppu	100 m
Hakata Port Tower	1964	Japan	Hukuoka	100 m
Ještěd TV Tower	1968	Czech Republic	Jested	100 m
Hokkaido Centennial Monument	1970	Japan	Sapporo	100 m
Rainbow Tower	1973	Japan	Niigata	100 m
Bazita Peak TV Tower	1975	Hungary	Zalaegerszeg	100 m
Holstein Tower	1988	Germany	Sierksdorf	100 m	Additionally guyed Gyro-Tower
Faro de Moncloa	1992	Spain	Madrid	100 m
Transmitter Truc de Fortunio	?	France	Truc de Fortunio	100 m
Osmolin Radio Tower	?	Poland	Osmolin	100 m
El Bosque 500	2001	Chile	Santiago	100 m
Liepāja Radio and TV Transmitter	?	Latvia	Liepāja	100 m

Diagram

Timeline of tallest tower

From	To	Tower	Country	Town	Pinnacle height
280 BC	1180 AD	Pharos Lighthouse	Egypt	Alexandria	122 m
1180	1240	Malmesbury Abbey Tower	United Kingdom	Malmesbury	131.3 m
1240	1311	Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral	United Kingdom	London	150 m
1311	1549	Tower of Lincoln Cathedral	United Kingdom	Lincoln	159.7 m
1549	1647	Tower of St Mary's church	Germany	Stralsund	151 m
1647	1874	Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral	France	Strasbourg	142 m
1874	1876	Tower of St. Nikolai	Germany	Hamburg	147 m
1876	1880	Tower of Rouen Cathedral	France	Rouen	151 m
1880	1889	Tower of Cologne Cathedral	Germany	Cologne	157.38 m
1889	1958	Eiffel Tower	France	Paris	312.3 m
1958	1967	Tokyo Tower	Japan	Tokyo	332.6 m
1967	1976	Ostankino Tower	Russia	Moscow	540.1 m
1976	2010	CN Tower	Canada	Toronto	553.33 m
2010	2011	Canton Tower	China	Guangzhou	600 m
2011	present (as of 2015)	Tokyo Skytree	Japan	Tokyo	634 m

References