Of 20 famous landmarks, the Burj Khalifa is tallest at 828 metres (2,717ft), followed by the CN Tower (553.3m) and One World Trade Center (541.3m). The Eiffel Tower is 330m (1,083ft), Big Ben is 96m (315ft) and the Statue of Liberty is 93m (305ft), from ground to torch.
Famous landmarks ranked by height
The last two columns scale each landmark against Big Ben (96m) and against an average UK man (178.21cm). Heights are the figures the owners or national authorities publish, with the definition each uses, so some include antennas or spires and some do not.
| Rank | Landmark | Height | In feet | Times Big Ben | Times a UK man |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burj Khalifa | 828m | 2,717ft | 8.6 | 465 |
| 2 | CN Tower | 553.3m | 1,814ft | 5.8 | 310 |
| 3 | One World Trade Center | 541.3m | 1,776ft | 5.6 | 304 |
| 4 | Empire State Building | 443.2m | 1,454ft | 4.6 | 249 |
| 5 | Tokyo Tower | 333m | 1,093ft | 3.5 | 187 |
| 6 | Eiffel Tower | 330m | 1,083ft | 3.4 | 185 |
| 7 | Golden Gate Bridge tower | 227.4m | 746ft | 2.4 | 128 |
| 8 | Space Needle | 184m | 604ft | 1.9 | 103 |
| 9 | Washington Monument | 169m | 554ft | 1.8 | 95 |
| 10 | Great Pyramid of Giza | 138.5m | 454ft | 1.4 | 78 |
| 11 | London Eye | 135m | 443ft | 1.4 | 76 |
| 12 | Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) | 96m | 315ft | 1.0 | 54 |
| 13 | Statue of Liberty | 93m | 305ft | 1.0 | 52 |
| 14 | Taj Mahal | 73m | 240ft | 0.8 | 41 |
| 15 | Sydney Opera House | 65m | 213ft | 0.7 | 36 |
| 16 | Leaning Tower of Pisa | 56.27m | 185ft | 0.6 | 32 |
| 17 | Arc de Triomphe | 50m | 164ft | 0.5 | 28 |
| 18 | Colosseum | 48m | 157ft | 0.5 | 27 |
| 19 | Christ the Redeemer | 38m | 125ft | 0.4 | 21 |
| 20 | Brandenburg Gate | 26m | 85ft | 0.3 | 15 |
Close calls on the list
Several pairs sit within a few metres or a few percent of each other.
The Eiffel Tower (330m) and Tokyo Tower (333m) are within 3m, with Tokyo Tower slightly taller. The Great Pyramid (138.5m) and the London Eye (135m) differ by 3.5m, and Big Ben (96m) and the Statue of Liberty (93m, ground to torch) differ by 3m. One World Trade Center (541.3m) and the CN Tower (553.3m) are 12m apart.
Measurement conventions matter at these margins. The Empire State Building is 443.2m to the tip of its antenna, while One World Trade Center is listed at 541.3m (1,776ft) including its spire, a height chosen to echo the year 1776. The Eiffel Tower’s 330m includes the antenna, which was replaced in 2022.
| Name | Height |
|---|---|
| Statue of Liberty | 9300 cm |
| Big Ben | 9600 cm |
| London Eye | 13500 cm |
| Eiffel Tower | 33000 cm |
| UK average man | 178.2 cm |
The Statue of Liberty: three different heights
The statue gives a good example of why heights differ. The National Park Service figure of 93m runs from the ground to the torch and includes the pedestal. The statue itself, from base to torch, is 46m. A visitor who stands beside the pedestal is looking at only part of the 93m.
This site’s board uses 93m, the ground-to-torch figure, because it is the number most visitors and sources quote. It is worth knowing that the sculpture alone is about half that.
Old and new: the Great Pyramid, Colosseum and Pisa
The oldest structures on the list are among the lowest. The Great Pyramid of Giza is 138.5m now, about 8m less than its original 146.6m. The Colosseum’s outer wall reaches about 48m, the Arc de Triomphe is 50m and the Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 56m on average, from its 55.86m low side and 56.67m high side.
For a sense of how far later engineering has gone, 9 of the 20 landmarks on this list are taller than the Great Pyramid’s original height. The Burj Khalifa is more than five and a half times that height.
Landmarks compared with a person
At 1.78m, an average UK man is a speck beside any of these. The Statue of Liberty is 52 men tall, Big Ben 54, the Eiffel Tower 185 and the Burj Khalifa 465.
At the low end of the list, Brandenburg Gate (26m) is 15 men tall and Christ the Redeemer (38m including its pedestal) is 21. For other comparisons with the human scale, see blue whale size compared to everyday things, how tall a giraffe is compared to a human and the dinosaur size chart.
Use the board to build your own comparison
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Method and sources
Heights come from this site’s asset library, which records the figure each owner or authority publishes: 828m for the Burj Khalifa (Emaar), 330m for the Eiffel Tower including antenna, 93m for the Statue of Liberty from ground to torch (National Park Service), 169.046m for the Washington Monument (National Park Service), 553.3m for the CN Tower, 443.2m to the tip for the Empire State Building, 541.3m including spire for One World Trade Center, and similar published figures for the others. Metres convert to feet at 3.28084 and are rounded. “Times Big Ben” divides by 96m; “times a UK man” divides by 178.21cm, the UK adult male average in this site’s dataset. Last reviewed 25 October 2026.
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