What Is The 1st Tallest Building?

Malaysia was the first country to break the United States' record of constructing the tallest buildings in the world when the Petronas Towers were completed in 1998.
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List of historically tallest skyscrapers.
Name Burj Khalifa
Location Dubai
Height 828 m (2,717 ft)
Increase 62%
Title Held (Years) 13