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| # | building | city | country | height | floors | year | = 200m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire State Building | New York City | USA | 381m / 1250ft | 102 | 1931 | |
| 2 | Crysler Building | New York City | USA | 319m / 1046ft | 77 | 1930 | |
| 3 | American Int'l Building | New York City | USA | 290m / 952ft | 67 | 1932 | |
| 4 | The Trump Building | New York City | USA | 283m / 927ft | 71 | 1930 | |
| 5 | GE Building | New York City | USA | 259m / 850ft | 69 | 1933 | |
| One Chase Manhattan Plaza | New York City | USA | 248m / 813ft | 60 | 1961 | ||
| Metlife Building | New York City | USA | 246m / 808ft | 60 | 1963 | ||
| 6 | Woolworth Building | New York City | USA | 241m / 792ft | 57 | 1913 | |
| 7 | Moscow State University | Moscow | Russia | 240m / 787ft | 36 | 1953 | |
| 8 | Palace of Culture and Science | Warsaw | Poland | 231m / 757ft | 42 | 1955 | |
| Prudential Tower | Boston | USA | 229m / 750ft | 52 | 1962 | ||
| 9 | 20 Exchange Plaza | New York City | USA | 226m / 741ft | 57 | 1931 | |
| 10 | Terminal Tower | Cleveland | USA | 216m / 708ft | 52 | 1930 | |
| 11 | JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters | New York City | USA | 215m / 707ft | 52 | 1960 | |
| 12 | Metropolitan Life Tower | New York City | USA | 213m / 700ft | 50 | 1909 | |
| 13 | 500 5th Avenue | New York City | USA | 212m / 697ft | 60 | 1931 | |
| 277 Park Avenue | New York City | USA | 209m / 687ft | 50 | 1962 | ||
| 14 | Lincoln Building | New York City | USA | 205m / 673ft | 53 | 1930 | |
| 15 | Bank of New York Building | New York City | USA | 199m / 654ft | 50 | 1931 | |
| 16 | Hotel Ukrine | Moscow | Russia | 198m / 650ft | 34 | 1955 | |
| 17 | Chanin Building | New York City | USA | 198m / 649ft | 56 | 1930 | |
| 18 | 570 Lexington Avenue | New York City | USA | 195m / 640ft | 50 | 1931 | |
| 19 | Waldorf=Astoria | New York City | USA | 191m / 625ft | 47 | 1931 | |
| 20 | Mercantile Building | New York City | USA | 189m / 620ft | 48 | 1929 | |
| 1 Place Ville-Marie | Montreal | Canada | 188m / 617ft | 43 | 1962 | ||
| 21 | New York Life Building | New York City | USA | 187m / 615ft | 40 | 1928 | |
| 22 | Singer Building | New York City | USA | 187m / 612ft | 47 | 1908 | |
| Exxon Building | Houston | USA | 185m / 606ft | 44 | 1963 | ||
| 23 | Chicago Board of Trade | Chicago | USA | 184m / 605ft | 44 | 1930 | |
| 24 | Republic Center Tower I | Dallas | USA | 183m / 602ft | 36 | 1954 | |
| 25 | One Prudential Plaza | Chicago | USA | 183m / 601ft | 41 | 1955 | |
| | created: 2005-09-13 last update: 2005-09-30 |