List of largest dams

The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as readily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rockfill

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure volume	Structure height	Reservoir volume	Installed capacity	Type
1	Tarbela Dam		1976	153	143	13.7	4,888	TE/ER
2	Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam		2023	130	155	74	5,150	CFRD
3	Fort Peck Dam		1940	96	76.4	23	185	TE
4	Atatürk Dam		1990	84.5	166	48.7	2,400	TE/ER
5	Houtribdijk		1968	78	13	2	0	TE/ER
6	Oahe Dam		1963	70.3	75	29	786	TE/ER
7	Mangla Dam		1967	65.4	147	9.12	1,000	TE/ER
8	Gardiner Dam		1967	65.4	64	9.4	186	TE
9	Oroville Dam		1968	59.6	230	4.36	819	TE/ER
10	San Luis Dam		1967	59.6	93	2.52	424	TE
11	Nurek Dam		1980	54	300	10.5	3,200	TE
12	Samara Dam		1955	54	52	57.3	2,315	TE/ER
13	Garrison Dam		1954	50.8	64	29	583.3	TE
14	Cochiti Dam		1975	50.2	76.5	0.73	NA	TE
15	Aswan Dam		1970	44.3	111	169	2,100	TE/ER
16	W. A. C. Bennett Dam		1968	43.7	186	7.4	2,876	TE
17	San Roque Dam		2003	40	200	0.835	345	CFRD
18	Fort Randall Dam		1953	38.2	50.3	6.7	320	TE/ER
19	Afsluitdijk		1932	36.5	13	5.5	0	TE/ER
20	Guri Dam		1978	29.8	162	135	10,235	PG/ER
21	Three Gorges Dam		2008	27.4	181	39.3	22,500	PG
22	Indira Sagar Dam		2005	12.2	92	9.75	1,000	PG
23	Kariba Dam		1960	1	128	180	2,000	PG

List of largest tailings dams

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rockfill.

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure volume	Structure height	Reservoir volume	Installed capacity	Type
1	Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB		1995	540/720	88	0.35	NA	TE
2	Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage		2010	119	40–50	0.25	NA	TE
3	ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam		1972	40.1	30	0	NA	ER