List of cities with the most skyscrapers

This list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of buildings higher than various thresholds, complementing the list of cities with the most high-rise buildings, which uses a 150m cutoff.

List of all cities by number of completed or topped out skyscrapers

This is a list of cities by number of completed or topped out skyscrapers. The majority of international organizations, such as the CTBUH and Emporis, define a skyscraper as a building that reaches or exceeds the height of 150 metres.[1]

Rank City Country Image No. of skyscrapers
1  Hong Kong  China 315
2 New York City  United States 243
3 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 153
4 Shanghai  China 148
5 Tokyo  Japan 140
6 Shenzhen  China 124
7 Guangzhou  China 120
8 Chicago  United States 116
9 Jakarta  Indonesia 114
10 Chongqing  China 102
11 Manila  Philippines 91
12 Mumbai  India 86
13 Singapore  Singapore 80[2]
14 Seoul  South Korea 77
15 Shenyang  China 72
16 Chengdu  China 70
17 Tianjin  China 60
18 Bangkok  Thailand 53[3]
19 Nanjing  China 52
19 Panama City  Panama 52
20 Busan  South Korea 49
20 Toronto  Canada 49
20 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 49
21 Istanbul  Turkey 35
22 Miami  United States 32
23 Osaka  Japan 36
24 Moscow  Russia 35
25 Sydney  Australia 35
25 Houston  United States 34
26 Melbourne  Australia 33
27 Incheon  South Korea 32
28 Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 30
29 Dalian  China 27
30 Doha  Qatar 26
30 Wuhan  China 26
31 Los Angeles  United States 25
32 Beijing  China 24
33 Nanning  China 22
33 San Francisco  United States 22
34 Hangzhou  China 21
35 Dallas  United States 19
35 Xiamen  China 19
35 Paris/La Défense  France 19
35 Boston  United States 19
39 London  United Kingdom 17
39 Mexico City  Mexico 17
39  Macau  China 16
39 Wuxi  China 16
39 Seattle  United States 16
39 Atlanta  United States 16
45 Calgary  Canada 15
45 São Paulo  Brazil 15
45 Nanchang  China 15
45 Qingdao  China 15
45 Taipei  Taiwan 15
50 Changsha  China 14
50 Frankfurt  Germany 14
50 Las Vegas  United States 14
53 Philadelphia  United States 13
53 Fuzhou  China 13
53 Kuwait City  Kuwait 13
57 Hefei  China 11
57 Jersey City  United States 11[4]
57 Manama  Bahrain 11
57 Warsaw  Poland 11
57 Suzhou  China 11
61 Brisbane  Australia 10
61 Jinan  China 10
61 Taichung  Taiwan 10
61 Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam
10
61 Minneapolis  United States 10
61 Pittsburgh  United States 10
61 Harbin  China 10
68 Buenos Aires  Argentina 9
68 Denver  United States 9
68 Kolkata  India 9
71 Sharjah  United Arab Emirates 9
72 Karachi  Pakistan 8[5][6][7][8]
72 Detroit  United States 8
72 Daejeon  South Korea 8
72 Baku  Azerbaijan 8
76 Astana  Kazakhstan 7
76 Dongguan  China 7
76 Gold Coast  Australia 7
76 Ha noi  Vietnam
7
76 Mecca  Saudi Arabia 7
76 Montreal  Canada 7
76 Nagoya  Japan 7
76 Shijiazhuang  China 7
76 Yokohama  Japan 7
76 Tel Aviv  Israel 7
87 Banqiao  Taiwan 6
87 Bogota  Colombia 6
87 Charlotte  United States 6
87 Daegu  South Korea 6
87 Kaohsiung  Taiwan 6
87 Kawasaki  Japan 6
87 Kobe  Japan 6
87 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 6
87 Surabaya  Indonesia 6[9]
87 Tel Aviv  Israel 6
87 Xi'an  China 6
99 Jeddah  Saudi Arabia 5
99 Columbus  United States 5
99 Madrid  Spain 5
99 Oran Algeria Algeria 5
99 Huizhou  China 5
99 Pattaya  Thailand 5
99 Perth  Australia 5
99 Rotterdam  Netherlands 5
99 Milan  Italy 5
99 Sunny Isles Beach  United States 5
108 Balneário Camboriú  Brazil 4
108 Caracas  Venezuela 4
108 Chiba  Japan 4
108 Cleveland  United States 4
108 Foshan  China 4
108 Guiyang  China 4
108 Haikou  China 4
108 Ha noi  Vietnam 4
108 Hwaseong  South Korea 4
108 Kunming  China 4
108 Monterrey  Mexico 4
108 New Orleans  United States 4
108 Ningbo  China 4
108 Tampa  United States 4
108 Tangerang  Indonesia 4
108 Tulsa  United States 4
108 Zhengzhou  China 4
135 Ankara  Turkey 3
135 Astana  Kazakhstan 3
135 Austin  United States 3
135 Beirut  Lebanon 3
135 Baltimore  United States 3
135 Benidorm  Spain 3
135 Changzhou  China 3
135 Cincinnati  United States 3
135 Fort Worth  United States 3
135 Hartford  United States 3
135 Indianapolis  United States 3
135 Johannesburg  South Africa 3
135 Lanzhou  China 3
135 Liuzhou  China 3
135 Oklahoma City  United States 3
135 Penang  Malaysia 3
135 Portland  United States 3
135 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 3
135 St. Louis  United States 3
135 San Diego  United States 3
135 Vancouver  Canada 3
135 Vienna  Austria 3
135 Taiyuan  China 3
135 Wenzhou  China 3
135 Yantai  China 3
160 Colombo  Sri Lanka 3
160 Al Fujayrah  United Arab Emirates 2
160 Anyang  South Korea 2
160 Atlantic City  United States 2
160 Auckland  New Zealand 2
160 Barcelona  Spain 2
160 Batumi  Georgia 2
160 Bucheon  South Korea 2
160 Algiers  Algeria 2
160 Cartagena  Colombia 2
160 Changwon  South Korea 2
160 Chatswood  Australia 2
160 Curitiba  Brazil 2
160 Da Nang  Vietnam 2
160 Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 2
160 Delhi NCR  India 2
160 Dhaka  Bangladesh 2
160 Guadalajara  Mexico 2
160 Huzhou  China 2
160 Hyderabad  India 2
160 İzmir  Turkey 2
160 Jacksonville  United States 2
160 Kansas City  United States 2
160 Louisville  United States 2
160 Luoyang  China 2
160 Lyon  France 2
160 Medellín  Colombia 2
160 Miami Beach  United States 2
160 Milwaukee  United States 2
160 Mississauga  Canada 2
160 Nantong  China 2
160 Nha Trang  Vietnam 2
160 Quanzhou  China 2
160 Ramat Gan  Israel 2
160 Saitama  Japan 2
160 Sandy Springs  United States 2
160 Santiago  Chile 2
160 Turin  Italy 2
160 Wuhu  China 2
199 Yekaterinburg  Russia 2
199 Zhongshan  China 1
199 Umhlanga  South Africa 1
199 Athens  Greece 1
199 Cali  Colombia 1
199 Pretoria  South Africa 1
199 Wrocław  Poland 1
199 Bangalore  India 1
199 Bonn  Germany 1
199 Malmö  Sweden 1
199 Casablanca  Morocco 1
199 Cairo  Egypt 1
199 Bnei Brak  Israel 1
199 Phnom Penh  Cambodia 1
199 Bat Yam  Israel 1
199 Lagos  Nigeria 1
199 Raleigh  United States 1
199 Virginia Beach  United States 1
199 Tehran  Iran 1

Cities with at least 100 completed / topped-out skyscrapers above 150m

Some skyscraper definitions draw the lower limit at 150 metres (492 ft).[10] The following list includes all cities with at least 100 completed or topped-out skyscrapers and freestanding towers according to this definition:

City ≥800m ≥700m ≥600m ≥500m ≥450m ≥400m ≥350m ≥300m ≥250m ≥200m ≥150m
Hong Kong Hong Kong[11] 1 2 4 6 15 62 314
United States New York City[12] 1 1 2 4 7 18 58 241
United Arab Emirates Dubai[13] 1 1 1 1 1 3 11 22 42 73 159
China Shenzhen 1 1 1 2 3 8 19 55 157
China Shanghai[14] 1 1 2 3 3 5 21 54 145
China Guangzhou - 1 1 2 4 10 17 29 131
United States Chicago[15] 2 2 6 12 27 119
Japan Tokyo[16] 1 27 125
China Wuhan - - - 1 1 3 7 23 110

Cities with at least 50 skyscrapers above 150m (i.e. about 35–40 floors) (under construction inclusive)

Only skyscrapers of known height are recorded on the chart. Skyscrapers of unknown height but are known to be at least 35 floors high will still be count for the city's skyscraper tally but will not appear on the chart.

City ≥800m ≥700m ≥600m ≥500m ≥450m ≥400m ≥350m ≥300m ≥250m ≥200m ≥150m
Hong Kong Hong Kong[11] 1 2 4 6 17 65 315
United States New York City[12] 1 2 4 7 15 29 85 283
China Shenzhen[17] 1 1 2 7 17 34 95 207
United Arab Emirates Dubai[13] 1 1 1 2 2 5 13 27 53 88 184
China Shanghai[14] 1 1 2 3 3 5 24 58 150
China Guangzhou[18] 1 1 2 4 11 19 33 135
China Chongqing[19] 1 1 3 7 21 48 123
Japan Tokyo[16] - 24 117
United States Chicago[15] 2 2 6 12 28 116
China Wuhan 1 1 2 3 3 6 10 26 115
China Shenyang[20] 1 1 1 2 8 11 47 113
Indonesia Jakarta[21] 1 4 13 46 90
China Hefei - 2 19 93
China Hangzhou 1 6 17 92
Singapore Singapore[22] 6 29 86
China Chengdu[23] 1 1 2 2 22 84
China Tianjin[24] 2 3 3 3 8 15 42 75
China Dalian 1 1 1 3 4 7 26 72
China Guiyang - - - - 4 6 20 72
South Korea Seoul[25] 1 1 1 1 1 5 15 71
China Xiamen - - - - - 1 9 20 68
China Changsha - 1 1 1 6 8 30 65
China Nanjing[26] - - 1 2 3 8 10 31 61
China Nanning - - - 1 2 5 8 29 58
Thailand Bangkok[27] - 1 1 2 3 13 57
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur[28] - - 2 1 3 14 17 26 57
Canada Toronto[29] 1 7 20 57
Panama Panama City[30] 4 12 25 48
China Beijing - 1 1 1 1 3 7 19 48

Cities with at least 1 skyscraper above 300m (i.e. about 75–80 floors) (under construction and on-hold inclusive)

City ≥700m ≥600m ≥500m ≥450m ≥400m ≥350m ≥300m
United Arab Emirates Dubai[13] 1 10 - 1 4 10 22
China Shenzhen[17] 1 1 2 7 14
United States New York City[12] 1 2 4 7 12
China Guangzhou[18] 2 1 2 4 10
China Tianjin[24] 1 2 3 3 8
China Shanghai[14] 1 1 3 4 4 6
Hong Kong Hong Kong[11] 1 1 2 4 6
China Chongqing[19] 1 1 2 6
United States Chicago[15] 1 2 2 6
Saudi Arabia Mecca - 1 1 1 1 1 1
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur - - - 2 4 7 13
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 1 1 1 1 2 3 4
Saudi Arabia Riyadh - - - 7 - 2 4
Kuwait Kuwait City - - - - 1 2 5
Indonesia Jakarta - - 1 - - 1 4
Russia Moscow - - - - - 2 6
United States San Francisco - - - - - - 1
North Korea Pyongyang - - - - - - 1
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi - - - - - 1 6
Australia Gold Coast - - - - - - 1
South Korea Incheon - - - - - - 1
Thailand Bangkok - - - - 1 1 4
Qatar Doha - - 2 4 4 4 5
Chile Santiago - - - - - - 1
South Korea Seoul - - 1 1 1 1 2
South Korea Busan - - 1 1 1 1 2
Kazakhstan Astana - - - - - 1 1
United States Houston[31] - - - - - - 2
United States Los Angeles - - - - - - 2
United Kingdom London - - - - - - 1
Japan Osaka - - - - - - 1
Philippines ManilaA - 1 - - 1 - 2
Sri Lanka Colombo - - - - 1 1 2
United States Philadelphia - - - - - - 1
Australia Melbourne - - - - - - 1

List of cities with the most buildings taller than 100m

This is a ranking of the cities with at least 10 buildings above 100m.[32]

Rank City Country Buildings Combined Heights (m)
1 Hong KongHong Kong  China, Hong Kong 1327[33] 333,836
2 New York City  United States 794 127,720
3 Tokyo  Japan 560 97,021
4 Shanghai  China 430[34] >121,837
5 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 403 66,248
6 Bangkok  Thailand 355 50,731
7 Chicago  United States 341 48,441
8 Guangzhou  China 320[35] 45,865
9 Seoul  South Korea 282 39,308
10 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 247 34,035
11 Jakarta  Indonesia 244 37,920
12 Singapore  Singapore 238 33,735
13 Shenzhen  China 235[36] 33,435
14 Chongqing  China 220[37] 28,147
15 Toronto  Canada 216 27,867
16 Sao Paulo  Brazil 211 22,794
17 Manila  Philippines 186 26,307
18 Panama City  Panama 185 27,478
19 Osaka  Japan 172 22,754
20 Miami  United States 137 18,385
21 Moscow  Russia 132 18,504
22 Macau  China 131 19,597
23 Tianjin  China 131 18,259
24 Buenos Aires  Argentina 122 15,254
25 Mumbai  India 119 14,631
26 Mexico City  Mexico 114 13,862
27 Beijing  China 98 22,192
28 Nanjing  China 89[38] 16,784
29 Honolulu  United States 104 11,855
30 Sydney  Australia 102 13,933
31 Istanbul  Turkey 97 11,897
32 Dalian  China 73 12,803
33 San Francisco  United States 88 11,582
34 Houston  United States 86 12,614
35 Chengdu  China 81 10,453
36 Wuhan  China 79 11,236
37 Doha  Qatar 78 12,254
38 Melbourne  Australia 99[39] 14,003
39 Shenyang  China 76 10,479
40 Atlanta  United States 73 10,471
41 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 73 8,867
42 Los Angeles  United States 70
43 Paris  France 69 9,558
44 Qingdao  China 68 9,404
45 Xiamen  China 66 8,584
46 Busan  South Korea 64 10,556
47 Hangzhou  China 62 8,463
48 Las Vegas  United States 59 8,241
49 Tel Aviv  Israel 59 7,679
50 Brisbane  Australia 55 7,250
51 Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam 59[40]
52 Ankara  Turkey 54 8,887
53 Calgary  Canada 54 6,984
54 Dallas  United States 53 7,879
55 New Delhi  India 51 7,214
56 Montreal  Canada 50 6,998
57 London  United Kingdom 47[41] 5,689
58 Caracas  Venezuela 46[41] 5,678
59 Hanoi  Vietnam 44[42] 4,919
62 Denver  United States 43 4,674
60 Seattle  United States 40[43] 4,182
63 Kiev  Ukraine 31[44]
64 Frankfurt  Germany 30[45]
65 San Diego  United States 29 3,654
66 Colombo  Sri Lanka 28
67 Philadelphia  United States 27 4,346
68 Boston  United States 27 4,318
69 Minneapolis  United States 28[46] 3,967
70 Detroit  United States 27
71 Vancouver  Canada 26[47] 5,751
72 Pittsburgh  United States 25 3,566
73 Kolkata  India 24
74(tie) Surabaya  Indonesia 22 [48] 2,862
74(tie) Cairo  Egypt 22 2,728
75 New Orleans  United States 22
76 Rotterdam  Netherlands 21[49] 2,612
77 (tie) Bogota  Colombia 20[50]
77 Taipei  Taiwan 20[51] 3,027
79 Milan  Italy 19[52] 2,516
80 Colombo  Sri Lanka 19
81 Monterrey  Mexico 19[53] 2,349
82 Bangalore  India 18
83 Hydrabad  India 18
83 Durban  South Africa 18List of tallest buildings in South Africa 2116
84 Baltimore  United States 18
85 (tie) Cleveland  United States 17[54] 2,423
85 Perth  Australia 17
85 (tie) Phoenix  United States 17 6,305
87 (tie) Belgrade  Serbia 16
87 Charlotte  United States 16 2,531
88 Warsaw  Poland 16[55] 2,168
89 Santiago  Chile 15[56] 1,970
90 Edmonton  Canada 15 1,824
91 Barcelona  Spain 15 1,538
92 Nagoya  Japan 14 2,172
93 Austin  United States 14 1,824
94 Auckland  New Zealand 14 1,755
95 Kaohsiung  Taiwan 14 1,720
96 Cincinnati  United States 13
97 İzmir  Turkey 13 [57] 1,620
98 Johannesburg  South Africa 13 1,790
99 Madrid  Spain 13
100 Durban  South Africa 12 1,483
101 Pattaya  Thailand 11 1,969.2
102 Brussels  Belgium 11 1,276
103 Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 11
104 St. Louis  United States 10[58] 1,372
Vienna  Austria 10 1,349
Phnom Penh  Cambodia 10 1,306
Beirut  Lebanon 10 1285
Louisville  United States 10 1,219
Naples  Italy 10[52] 1,214
Cologne  Germany 10 1,200
Berlin  Germany 10 1,099

See also

Notes

^A Metro Manila.

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