Buildings & towers by size
23 things ranked from Burj Khalifa at 828 m down to Christ the Redeemer at 30 m — a spread of 27.6×.
| Thing | Size | In feet | vs the largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 828 m | 2,717 ft | — |
| Tokyo Skytree | 634 m | 2,080 ft | 76.6% |
| Shanghai Tower | 632 m | 2,073 ft | 76.3% |
| Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower | 601 m | 1,972 ft | 72.6% |
| Ping An Finance Center | 599 m | 1,965 ft | 72.3% |
| Lotte World Tower | 555 m | 1,819 ft | 67% |
| CN Tower | 553 m | 1,815 ft | 66.8% |
| One World Trade Center | 541 m | 1,776 ft | 65.4% |
| Taipei 101 | 508 m | 1,667 ft | 61.4% |
| Petronas Towers | 452 m | 1,483 ft | 54.6% |
| Empire State Building | 443 m | 1,454 ft | 53.5% |
| Willis Tower | 442 m | 1,450 ft | 53.4% |
| Eiffel Tower | 330 m | 1,083 ft | 39.9% |
| Chrysler Building | 319 m | 1,047 ft | 38.5% |
| The Shard | 310 m | 1,016 ft | 37.4% |
| Space Needle | 184 m | 604 ft | 22.2% |
| Statue of Unity | 182 m | 597 ft | 22% |
| Washington Monument | 169 m | 554 ft | 20.4% |
| Great Pyramid of Giza | 139 m | 454 ft | 16.7% |
| Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) | 96 m | 315 ft | 11.6% |
| Statue of Liberty | 93 m | 305 ft | 11.2% |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa | 56 m | 184 ft | 6.8% |
| Christ the Redeemer | 30 m | 98.4 ft | 3.6% |
How the sizes are taken. Each figure says what it measures — height, length, diameter or elevation — and for which individual or convention. Everything is drawn standing upright on one baseline so a single scale holds, including things that are long rather than tall. Values come from the linked Wikipedia article for each item.
About this list
The 23 entries are a curated selection rather than a complete census, chosen so that sizes spread across a wide range. Burj Khalifa sets the top of the scale here at 828 m; Christ the Redeemer sets the bottom at 30 m.
Each figure states what it measures and links to its source. Where a thing could be measured two ways, the page names which one it uses.
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How the spread looks
The 23 buildings & towers here run from 30 m to 828 m. The middle entry, Willis Tower, is 442 m, which is 53% of the largest. 21 of the 23 are at least a tenth of the size of Burj Khalifa, so 2 of them fall more than ten times smaller than the leader.
The widest jump between neighbours in the ranking is from Leaning Tower of Pisa (56 m) down to Christ the Redeemer (30 m), a step of 1.87×. Gaps like this are where a size chart is most useful, because the two things on either side look like different kinds of object.
The largest and the smallest
The three largest are Burj Khalifa (828 m), Tokyo Skytree (634 m), Shanghai Tower (632 m). The three smallest are Christ the Redeemer (30 m), Leaning Tower of Pisa (56 m), Statue of Liberty (93 m).
For a sense of human scale, an adult of 1.7 m stands at 0.205% of the largest entry and below the smallest.
How sizes in this group are measured
Building heights depend on the rule used: architectural height counts spires but not antennas, tip height counts everything. The basis is named with each figure.
Open any row to see its own page, which names the measurement, the basis and the Wikipedia article used, and compares it with the things nearest to it in size.