List of cities with the most skyscrapers

Skyline of Hong Kong at night, which has over 500 skyscrapers.

The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors^[1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft).^[2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century which allowed for taller buildings to be constructed.^[1] The lists within this article uses the above definition and complements the list of cities with the most high-rise buildings.

List of cities by number of completed skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft)

This is a list which ranks cities that have at least 10 completed skyscrapers as of October 2021 that are taller than 150 m (492 ft).^[3]

Rank	City	Country	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		517
2	Shenzhen	China		342
3	New York	United States		299
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		237
5	Mumbai	India		200
6	Shanghai	China		180
7	Tokyo	Japan		164
8	Guangzhou	China		150
9	Chongqing	China		135
9	Chicago	United States		135
10	Wuhan	China		112
11=	Bangkok	Thailand		108
11=	Jakarta	Indonesia		108
12	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		104
13	Singapore	Singapore		96
14	Shenyang	China		94
15	Chengdu	China		91
16	Seoul	South Korea		82
17	Toronto	Canada		76
18	Busan	South Korea		74
19	Melbourne	Australia		67
20	Nanjing	China		66
22	Panama City	Panama		65
23	Tianjin	China		64
24	Nanning	China		63
25	Miami	United States		55
26	Makati	Philippines		53
27	Beijing	China		52
28	Changsha	China		51
29	Incheon	South Korea		50
30=	Istanbul	Turkey		48
30=	Dalian	China		48
32	Moscow	Russia		46
34=	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
34=	Doha	Qatar		44
36=	Osaka	Japan		43
36=	Hangzhou	China		43
38	Houston	United States		40
39=	Sydney	Australia		38
39=	Zhuhai	China		38
41=	Macau	Macau		32
41=	Xiamen	China		32
43=	Nanchang	China		31
43=	Suzhou	China		31
45	London	United Kingdom		30
46=	Jinan	China		29
46=	Qingdao	China		29
46=	Ningbo	China		29
46=	Hefei	China		29
50=	Los Angeles	United States		27
50	San Francisco	United States		26
51=	Wuxi	China		25
51=	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates		25
53	Mexico City	Mexico		24
54	Liuzhou	China		23
55=	Guiyang	China		22
55=	Seattle	United States		22
55=	Boston	United States		22
55=	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam		22
55=	Balneario Camboriu	Brazil		22
60	Dallas	United States		21
60=	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		21
62	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		20
63	Taiyuan	China		19
64=	Kunming	China		18
64=	Lanzhou	China		18
64=	Mandaluyong	Philippines		18
64=	Calgary	Canada		18
64=	Dongguan	China		18
69=	Xi'an	China		17
69=	Kuwait City	Kuwait		17
69=	Frankfurt	Germany		17
69=	Taguig	Philippines		17
69=	Atlanta	United States		17
69=	Fuzhou	China		17
75=	Brisbane	Australia		16
75=	São Paulo	Brazil		16
75=	Tel Aviv	Israel		16
78=	Delhi NCR	India		15
78=	Pyongyang	North Korea		15
78=	Las Vegas	United States		15
78=	Philadelphia	United States		15
78=	Manama	Bahrain		15
78=	Taichung	Taiwan		15
83=	Goyang	South Korea		14
83=	Jersey City	United States		14
83=	Taipei	Taiwan		14
86=	Paris-Courbevoie	France		13
88=	Kolkata	India		12
88=	Bogotá	Colombia		12
88=	Buenos Aires	Argentina		12
88=	Sunny Isles Beach	United States		12
88=	Pattaya	Thailand		12
88=	Hanoi	Vietnam		12
92=	Nagoya	Japan		11
92=	Shijiazhuang	China		11
92=	Colombo	Sri Lanka		11
92=	Pasig	Philippines		11
92=	Ankara	Turkey		11
92=	Zhengzhou	China		11
99=	Kawasaki	Japan		10
99=	Daejeon	South Korea		10
99=	Pittsburgh	United States		10
99=	Warsaw	Poland		10
99=	Montreal	Canada		10

List of cities by number of skyscrapers under construction taller than 150 m (492 ft)

This is a list which ranks cities that have at least 10 skyscrapers under construction that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of September 2020.^[4]

Rank	City	Country	Image	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Mumbai	India		249 [1]
2	Shenzhen	China		81
3	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		46
4	Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)	Israel		41
5	New York City	United States		34
6	Guangzhou	China		34
7	Wuhan	China		33
8=	Toronto	Canada		30
8=	Shenyang	China		30
9	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		29
10	Delhi NCR	India		25
11=	Nanning	China		21
11=	Shanghai	China		21
11=	Metro Manila[2]	Philippines		21
11=	Melbourne	Australia		19
11=	Guiyang	China		19
12=	Sydney	Australia		17
12=	London	United Kingdom		17
13=	Jakarta	Indonesia		16
13=	Chongqing	China		16
14=	Bangkok	Thailand		15
14=	Nanjing	China		15
15=	Chicago	United States		13
15=	Ningbo	China		13
15=	Hangzhou	China		13
16=	Kolkata	India		12
16=	Busan	South Korea		12
17=	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		11
17=	Xi'an	China		11
17=	Changsha	China		11
18=	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		10
18=	Miami	United States		10

Cities with at least 50 skyscrapers above 150m

Included in this chart are cities with skyscrapers of known heights that are completed or under construction.

Rank	City	≥800m	≥700m	≥600m	≥500m	≥450m	≥400m	≥350m	≥300m	≥250m	≥200m	≥150m
1	Shenzhen[5]	—	—	—	1	1	2	12	25	51	144	370
2	Hong Kong[6]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	6	16	67	356
3	New York City[7]	—	—	—	1	2	5	8	19	36	103	316
4	Dubai[8]	1	1	1	1	1	3	15	34	71	126	247
5	Shanghai[9]	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	10	28	71	184
6	Tokyo[10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33	166
7	Guangzhou[11]	—	—	—	1	1	2	5	15	29	54	152
8	Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	8	23	56	142
9	Chicago[13]	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	7	17	37	133
10	Wuhan[14]	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	6	13	50	131
11	Shenyang[15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	8	40	115
12	Metro Manila[16][circular reference]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	32	110
13 (=)	Kuala Lumpur[17]	—	—	1	1	3	4	5	11	22	60	107
13 (=)	Jakarta[18]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	20	53	107
13 (=)	Bangkok[19]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	13	30	107
16	Mumbai[20]	—	—	—	1	1	10	3	1	19	35	105
17	Toronto[21]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	31	97
18	Singapore[22]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	34	95
19	Chengdu[23]	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	3	5	27	92
20	Seoul[24]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	6	20	83
21	Melbourne[25]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	8	29	75
22 (=)	Nanning[26]	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	8	10	31	74
22 (=)	Busan[27]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	11	24	74
24	Nanjing[28]	—	—	—	—	2	3	4	13	18	41	73
25	Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	14	69
26	Tianjin[30]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	4	11	29	60
27	Panama City[31]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	24	56
28 (=)	Hangzhou[32]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	15	23	52
28 (=)	Sydney[33]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	16	52
30	Moscow[34]	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	7	15	22	51

Cities with at least 1 skyscraper above 300m

This is a list which ranks cities with at least 1 skyscraper (under construction and on-hold inclusive) above 300m (i.e. about 75–80 floors).

City	≥700m	≥600m	≥500m	≥450m	≥400m	≥350m	≥300m
Dubai[35]	1	1	1	1	3	15	34
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	10	21
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	6	10	19
Mumbai	—	—	1	1	10	3	8
Guangzhou[11]	—	—	2	1	2	4	10
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	3	5	6	9
Tianjin[30]	—	—	1	2	3	3	8
Shanghai[9]	—	1	1	3	4	4	6
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	1	1	2	4	6
Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	1	1	2	6
Chicago[13]	—	—	1	1	2	2	6
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jeddah	1	1	1	1	2	3	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	2	4
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	—	2	5
Jakarta[37]	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Moscow	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	6
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Doha	—	—	—	—	—	2	5
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Busan	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Paris[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Houston[39]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mexico City	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Colombo	—	—	—	—	1	1	2
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Metro Manila	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Delhi NCR	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Pyongyang	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Toronto	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karachi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Notes

^α Greater Taipei is a metropolitan city, which includes Taipei City and New Taipei. The metropolis encompasses an area of 1,140 square kilometers, which is more comparable to the areas covered by other cities on the list such as Suzhou, Wuhan, and Barcelona. This is not to be confused with Taipei City which is only 271.80 square kilometers and is the downtown core that governs the whole metropolis, like the City of London and Greater London all contained by London.^[40] Also, in terms of population, Greater Taipei has a population of 7,034,084 as of 2019, which is more comparable to other cities in the list such as Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Madrid and Kuala Lumpur; whereas Taipei City only has a population of 2,646,204.^[41]

^β Manila is a metropolitan city composed of 17 administrative areas (16 cities and 1 municipality) also known as Metro Manila making it one of the largest megacities in the world.^[42] Formally called the National Capital Region, the city encompasses an area of 613.14 square kilometers, which is comparable to the areas covered by other cities on the list such as Seoul, Singapore, and Mumbai. This is not to be confused with the City of Manila which is only 42.88 square kilometers and is the historic core that formerly governed the whole metropolis, like the City of London in London. Its number of completed skyscrapers is 115 as of January 2021^[43][44]) currently at 8th place in world ranking.

^γ Metro Vancouver is a metropolitan city and a regional district composed of 23 municipalities. The area is also known as Greater Vancouver. The city encompasses an area of 2,882.68 km², comparable to the areas of other cities included on this list such as Moscow, Hanoi, and Tokyo. This is not to be confused with the City of Vancouver, which is only 115 square kilometers and contains the central business district of the city. Also population wise, the City of Vancouver only has a population of 675,218, compared with the more metropolitan figure of 2,737,698 in Metro Vancouver.^[45] Due to building height restrictions, the majority of Metro Vancouver's skyscrapers are situated in the municipality of Burnaby, which is also where the administrative offices of Metro Vancouver are located. As of September 2021, Metro Vancouver contains 14 completed and topped out skyscrapers and 8 under construction. ^{[46][47][48][49][50]}

^δ Gush Dan, or Greater Tel Aviv, is a metropolitan area that includes over 40 municipalities. It covers an area of 1,516 square kilometers, comparable to the areas covered by other cities on the list. This is not to be confused with Tel Aviv-Yafo, which is only 52 square kilometers in size, housing about 450,000 residents, and constitutes the core of the metropolis. Cities in the metropolitan containing skyscrapers are: Tel Aviv-Yafo,^[51] Ramat Gan,^[52] Bnei Brak,^[53] Ashdod,^[54] Bat Yam,^[55] Petah Tikva^[56] and Givatayim.^[57]

References

External links

• Skyscrapercenter.com
• CTBUH.com
• Emporis.com
• Skyscraperpage.com