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]

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

This list ranks the 50 cities with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of January 2024, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.^[3]

Rank	City	Country	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	China		554
2	Shenzhen	China		404
3	New York City	United States		316
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		263
5	Guangzhou	China		190
6	Shanghai	China		183
7	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		173
8	Tokyo	Japan		172
9	Wuhan	China		168
10	Chongqing	China		145
11	Chicago	United States		137
12	Chengdu	China		125
13	Bangkok	Thailand		114
14	Jakarta	Indonesia		113
15	Mumbai	India		99
16	Shenyang	China		98
17	Singapore	Singapore		97
18	Toronto	Canada		85
19	Hangzhou	China		85
20	Nanning	China		82
21	Seoul	South Korea		82
22	Busan	South Korea		77
23	Melbourne	Australia		76
24	Tianjin	China		76
25	Nanjing	China		72
26	Changsha	China		67
27	Panama City	Panama		67
28	Beijing	China		65
29	Miami	United States		60
30	Dalian	China		59
31	Makati	Philippines		55
32	Istanbul	Turkey		54
33	Zhuhai	China		54
34	Doha	Qatar		52
35	Incheon	South Korea		50
36	Moscow	Russia		49
37	Sydney	Australia		47
38	Hefei	China		46
39	Osaka	Japan		45
40	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
41	Suzhou	China		44
42	Houston	United States		40
43	Qingdao	China		39
44	Jinan	China		38
45	Xiamen	China		36
46	Foshan	China		35
47	London	United Kingdom		35
48	Nanchang	China		35
49	Penangε	Malaysia		35
50	Taipeiα	Taiwan		35
51	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		33
52	Macau	Macau		33
53	Guiyang	China		30
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 February 2022.^[4]

Rank	City	Country	Image	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Shenzhen	China		88
2	Wuhan	China		49
3	Guangzhou	China		39
4	Mumbai	India		38
5=	Hong Kong	China		29
5=	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		29
5=	Shanghai	China		29
8	Toronto	Canada		27
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		21
10	New York City	United States		20
11=	Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)	Israel		17
11=	Metro Manila	Philippines		17
13=	Shenyang	China		15
13=	Nanjing	China		15
15=	Bangkok	Thailand		14
15=	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		14
17=	Hangzhou	China		13
17=	Nanning	China		13
19	Chongqing	China		12
20	Xi'an	China		11
21=	Melbourne	Australia		10
21=	Guiyang	China		10
21=	Sydney	Australia		10
21=	Changsha	China		10
21=	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	Metro Manila[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	32	215
6	Shanghai[10]	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	10	28	71	184
7	Tokyo[11]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33	166
8	Guangzhou[12]	—	—	—	1	1	2	5	15	29	54	152
9	Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	8	23	56	142
10	Chicago[14]	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	7	17	37	133
11	Wuhan[15]	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	6	13	50	131
11	Shenyang[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	8	40	115
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	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]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	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	65

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	3	16	29
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	7	9	18
Guangzhou[12]	—	—	1	1	2	6	17
Shanghai[10]	—	1	1	3	5	7	15
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	4	4	5	11
Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	2	3	5	11
Tianjin[30]	—	—	2	3	3	4	9
Chicago[14]	—	—	1	2	3	5	7
Moscow	—	—	—	—	1	3	7
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	1	1	5
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Busan	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Jakarta[37]	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Beijing	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Houston[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Saint Petersburg	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Mumbai	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Toronto	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mexico City	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Metro Manila	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Tokyo	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Pyongyang	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Doha	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Delhi NCR	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karachi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Cities with at least 1 completed skyscraper above 300m

This is a list which ranks cities with at least 1 skyscraper (Architecturally Topped Out inclusive) above 300m (i.e. about 75–80 floors).

City	≥700m	≥600m	≥500m	≥450m	≥400m	≥350m	≥300m
Dubai[35]	1	1	1	1	3	13	31
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	12	23
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	6	9	18
Guangzhou[12]	—	—	1	1	2	5	13
Shanghai[10]	—	1	1	2	3	4	9
Wuhan[15]	—	—	—	1	2	3	8
Nanjing[28]	—	—	—	1	2	3	8
Kuala Lumpur[17]	—	1	1	4	4	4	7
Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	1	1	3	7
Changsha	—	—	—	1	1	1	7
Chicago[14]	—	—	—	—	2	3	7
Tianjin[30]	—	—	1	1	1	1	6
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Nanning[26]	—	—	—	—	1	2	6
Moscow[34]	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
Suzhou	—	—	—	1	1	2	4
Jinan	—	—	—	—	1	2	4
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Busan	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Guiyang	—	—	—	—	1	1	3
Doha	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Beijing	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Jakarta	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Houston[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	1
Saint Petersburg	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Dongguan	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
Cairo	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Tokyo	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mumbai	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	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.^[39] 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.^[40]

^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 115 as of January 2021^[41][42] 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.^[43] 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.^{[44][45][46][47][48]}

^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,^[49] Ramat Gan,^[50] Bnei Brak,^[51] Ashdod,^[52] Bat Yam,^[53] Petah Tikva^[54] and Givatayim.^[55]

^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', instead of the state as a whole.^[56]

References

External links

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