This is a list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type. Most of the structures are television broadcasting masts.  There are also the taller tower-type structures (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rise buildings (like the Sears Tower). 

The list also includes some other structures like oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc. List is organized by absolute height since it includes many different classes of structures.

This list includes quite a few masts. A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas ("aerials" in the UK).

Terminology
There is often ambiguity between the terms tower and mast. A tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guys. Both towers and masts have limited floor space and are non-building structures, as opposed to regular buildings which have greater floor space for occupancy. The terminology is further confused through misuse. Skyscrapers are often referred to as towers and some towers use the term mast. Ironically, skyscraper has some etymology from references to high sailboat masts.

List by height

Notes
 A minimum height limit of 350 m (1,148 ft) or 300 m (984 ft) for notable structures is used for practical purposes to keep the list to a reasonable length.
 Likely structures still missing from this list include masts used for the Russian navigation system RSDN-20.
 Structures no longer standing are in italics.
 For all structures the pinnacle height is given. So the height of skyscrapers may differ from the values at List of skyscrapers.
 Most of the taller masts are in the United States, where a prevalence of masts of around 2,000 feet (610 m) in height is the result of special rules in that country limiting structures and objects taller than 2,063 feet (629 m).
 Structures under construction are included in main list if its current height is over 350 m (1,148 ft).

Top 30 of all time

Other structures (past or present) taller than 550 m (1,804 ft)

Other structures (past or present) between 500 and 550 m (1,640 and 1,804 ft)

Other structures (past or present) between 450 and 500 m (1,476 and 1,640 ft)

Other structures (past or present) between 400 and 450 m (1,312 and 1,476 ft)

Other structures (past or present) between 350 and 400 m (1,148 and 1,312 ft)

Notable structures between 300 and 350 m (984 and 1,148 ft)
For practical purposes to keep the list to a reasonable length this part of list contains only notable structures.

Structures taller than 350 m (1,148 ft) under construction
This is an incomplete list of structures taller tha|N|1,148 feet (350 m) under construction. Please correct (by adding further one or by putting completed structures in the upper table, if current height is over 1,148 feet (350 m)).

Proposed radio masts taller than 600 metres

List by continent

Current
The following table is a list of the current tallest structures by each continent thus sea oil platforms are not included (listed by geographic size):

All time
The following table is a list of the all time tallest structures by each continent thus sea oil platforms are not included (listed by geographic size):

Related pages
 Radio masts and towers
 List of famous transmission sites
 List of European medium wave transmitters
 List of world's tallest bridges
 List of world's tallest dams

References

Other websites

 SkyscraperCity
 World Federation of Great Towers
 Skyscrapers diagrams and forum
 Skyscrapers database
 Search for Radio Masts and Towers in the U.S.

Lists of buildings