List of cities with the most skyscrapers

Night view of the skyline of Hong Kong, 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 and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). 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.

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

This list ranks cities with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of September 2024, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Cities with over 30 completed skyscrapers are shown.

Rank	City	Country/territory	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		558
2	Shenzhen	China		415
3	New York City	United States		318
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		263
5	Guangzhou	China		194
6	Shanghai	China		194
7	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		179
8	Tokyo	Japan		176
9	Wuhan	China		169
10	Chongqing	China		145
11	Chicago	United States		138
12	Chengdu	China		127
13	Bangkok	Thailand		115
14	Jakarta	Indonesia		114
15	Mumbai	India		102
16	Shenyang	China		100
17	Singapore	Singapore		98
18	Toronto	Canada		95
19	Hangzhou	China		84
20	Seoul	South Korea		84
21	Nanning	China		82
22	Busan	South Korea		77
23	Melbourne	Australia		77
24	Tianjin	China		76
25	Nanjing	China		73
26	Beijing	China		67
27	Panama City	Panama		67
28	Changsha	China		66
29	Miami	United States		62
30	Dalian	China		59
31	Zhuhai	China		57
32	Istanbul	Turkey		56
33	Makati	Philippines		55
34	Sydney	Australia		54
35	Doha	Qatar		52
36	Incheon	South Korea		50
36	Moscow	Russia		50
38	Hefei	China		46
39	Osaka	Japan		45
40	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
41	Suzhou	China		44
42	Houston	United States		41
43	London	United Kingdom		40
44	Foshan	China		39
45	Jinan	China		39
46	Qingdao	China		39
47	Penangε	Malaysia		38
48	Xiamen	China		37
49	Nanchang	China		35
50	Taipeiα	Taiwan		35
51	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		33
52	Macau	Macau		33
53	Guiyang	China		31
54	Kunming	China		30
55	Los Angeles	United States		30
56	Ningbo	China		30
57	Wuxi	China		30

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 October 2024 according to the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and other sources.

Rank	City	Country	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Tokyo	Japan	29
=2	Changsha	China	≥25
=2	Chengdu	China	≥25
=2	Guangzhou	China	≥25
=2	Hangzhou	China	≥25
=2	Toronto	Canada	≥25
=2	Shenzhen	China	≥25
=2	Wuhan	China	≥25
=2	Xi'an	China	≥25
=2	Zhuhai	China	≥25
11	Shanghai	China	23
12	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	22
13	Suzhou	China	18
=14	Miami	United States	17
=14	Shenyang	China	17
16	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	16
17	Mumbai	India	15
=18	Dongguan	China	13
=18	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	13
=18	Jinan	China	13
=18	Nanjing	China	13
=18	New York City	United States	13
=23	Chongqing	China	12
=23	Moscow	Russia	12
=23	Sydney	Australia	12
26	Bangkok	Thailand	11
=27	Foshan	China	10
=27	Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)	Israel	10

Cities with at least 1 completed skyscraper above 300 m (980 ft)

This is a list which ranks cities with at least 1 completed skyscraper above 300 m (980 ft).

City	≥600m	≥500m	≥400m	≥300m
Dubai	1	1	3	31
Shenzhen	—	1	2	21
New York City	—	1	6	17
Guangzhou	—	1	2	11
Shanghai	1	1	3	7
Chicago	—	—	2	7
Wuhan	—	—	2	7
Nanjing	—	—	1	7
Kuala Lumpur	1	1	4	6
Hong Kong	—	—	2	6
Nanning	—	—	1	6
Moscow	—	—	—	6
Changsha	—	—	1	5
Chongqing	—	—	1	5
Busan	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	4
Tianjin	—	1	1	3
Guiyang	—	—	1	3
Kuwait City	—	—	1	3
Bangkok	—	—	—	3
Doha	—	—	—	3
Jinan	—	—	—	3
Beijing	—	1	1	2
Seoul	—	1	1	2
Suzhou	—	—	1	2
Jakarta	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	2
Houston	—	—	—	2
Mecca	1	1	1	1
Taipei	—	1	1	1
Dongguan	—	—	1	1
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	1	1
Saint Petersburg	—	—	1	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	1
Mumbai	—	—	—	1
New Administrative Capital	—	—	—	1
Osaka	—	—	—	1
Philadelphia	—	—	—	1
San Francisco	—	—	—	1
Santiago	—	—	—	1
Tokyo	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	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. 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 2,480,681 in 2022.

^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. 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 125 as of January 2024, which would make it rank 13th if counted as a single city.

^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. 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 May 2022, Metro Vancouver contains 15 completed and topped out skyscrapers and 8 under construction.

^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, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Bat Yam, Petah Tikva and Givatayim.

^ε Penang is a state that is composed of two cities - George Town and Seberang Perai. The city of George Town may sometimes be confusingly referred to as 'Penang', as it is on the CTBUH website, instead of the state as a whole.

External links

• Skyscrapercenter.com
• CTBUH.com
• Emporis.com^[usurped]
• Skyscraperpage.com