List of tallest buildings
The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world. The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at . The CTBUH only recognizes buildings that are complete however, and some buildings included within the lists in this article are not considered finished by the CTBUH.
Jeddah Tower
The building has been scaled down from its initial (about one mile) proposal, which was never fully designed, to a height of at least (the exact height is being kept private while in development, similar to the Burj Khalifa). At about one kilometre, Jeddah Tower would still be by far the tallest building or structure in the world to date, standing taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.