List of tallest towers
Towers taller than 250 metres

List of tallest towers

Section Title: Towers taller than 250 metres
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Pinnacle height	Year	Structure	Country	City	Remarks

1	Tokyo Skytree	634 m (2,080 ft)	2012	Steel	Japan	Tokyo	Became tallest tower in 2011, second-tallest freestanding structure in the world

2	Canton Tower	604 m (1,982 ft)	2010	Steel & concrete	China	Guangzhou	Tallest in the world 2009–11

3	CN Tower	553.33 m (1,815.4 ft)	1976	Concrete	Canada	Toronto	Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, tallest 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 in Europe

5	Oriental Pearl Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	1994	Concrete	China	Shanghai	Tallest in China 1994–2007

6	Milad Tower	435 m (1,427 ft)	2008	Concrete	Iran	Tehran	Tallest in the 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	Tallest in Asia 1991-1994，Tallest in North China

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	Steel	Ukraine	Kiev

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	Steel	Latvia	Riga	Tallest 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	Lotus Tower	350 m (1,150 ft)	2018	Concrete	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Tallest structure in South Asia

19	West Pearl Tower	339 m (1,112 ft)	2004	Concrete	China	Chengdu

20	Macau Tower	338 m (1,109 ft)	2001	Concrete	China	Macau

21	Dragon Tower	336 m (1,102 ft)	2000	Lattice	China	Harbin

22	Europaturm	337.5 m (1,107 ft)	1979	Concrete	Germany	Frankfurt

23	Tokyo Tower	332.6 m (1,091 ft)	1958	Steel Lattice	Japan	Tokyo	Tallest in the world 1958–67

24	Emley Moor TV Tower	330.4 m (1,084 ft)	1971	Concrete	United Kingdom	Kirklees	Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom

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	Steel Lattice	France	Paris	First to surpass 300 metres, tallest tower in the world 1889–1958, oldest in this list

29	Rameswaram TV Tower	323 m (1,060 ft)	1995	Concrete	India	Rameswaram

30	Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower	318.5 m (1,045 ft)	1996	Concrete	China	Nanjing

31	Tallinn TV Tower	314 m (1,030 ft)	1980	Concrete	Estonia	Tallinn

32	Yerevan TV Tower	311.7 m (1,023 ft)	1977	Steel Lattice	Armenia	Yerevan

33	Tortoise Mountain TV Tower	311.4 m (1,022 ft)	1986	Concrete	China	Wuhan	China's first self-supported TV tower

34	Baku TV Tower	310 m (1,020 ft)	1996	Concrete	Azerbaijan	Baku

35	Sydney Tower	309 m (1,014 ft)	1981	Concrete	Australia	Sydney

36	Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower	305.5 m (1,002 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Shenyang

37	Jaisalmer TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1993	Concrete	India	Jaisalmer

38	Samatra TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1999	Concrete	India	Bhuj

39	VRT Toren	300 m (984 ft)	1996	Concrete	Belgium	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

40	Zhuzhou Television Tower	293 m (961 ft)	1999	Concrete	China	Zhuzhou

41	Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg	292 m (958 ft)	1977	Concrete	Germany	Nuremberg

42	Olympiaturm	289.5 m (950 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Munich

43	Torre de Collserola	288 m (945 ft)	1992	Steel	Spain	Barcelona

44	Telemax	282.2 m (926 ft)	1992	Concrete	Germany	Hannover

45	Jalandhar TV Tower	280 m (920 ft)	2007	Concrete	India	Jalandhar

46	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm	279.7 m (918 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Hamburg

47	Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower	274.5 m (901 ft)	1972	Steel	Georgia	Tbilisi

48	Hillbrow Tower	269 m (883 ft)	1971	Concrete	South Africa	Johannesburg	Tallest in Africa

49	Kaifeng TV Tower	268 m (879 ft)	1995	Concrete	China	Kaifeng

50	Colonius	266 m (873 ft)	1981	Concrete	Germany	Cologne

51	Novorossiysk TV Tower	261.5 m (858 ft)	1996	Concrete	Russia	Novorossiysk

52	Daqing Radio and Television Tower	260 m (850 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Daqing

53	Olympic Park Observation Tower	258 m (846 ft)	2014	Steel	China	Beijing

54	Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf	255 m (837 ft)	1976	Concrete	Germany	Koblenz

55	Donauturm	252 m (827 ft)	1964	Concrete	Austria	Vienna

56	Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz	252 m (827 ft)	1969	Concrete	Germany	Dresden

57	Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona	250 m (820 ft)	1984	Concrete	Switzerland	St. Chrischona

58	Jeddah TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	2007	Concrete	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah

Sentence(s)

In 1958, Tokyo Tower was the tallest tower in the world, taking the title from the Eiffel Tower.

final_sentence: In 1958, Tokyo Tower was the tallest tower in the world, taking the title from the Eiffel Tower.