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^[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 cities with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of April 2025^[update], according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.^[3] Cities with over 30 completed skyscrapers are shown.

Rank	City	Country/territory	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		563
2	Shenzhen	China		443
3	New York City	United States		319
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		265
5	Guangzhou	China		203
6	Shanghai	China		195
7	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		193
8	Wuhan	China		192
9	Tokyo	Japan		175
10	Chongqing	China		149
11	Chicago	United States		137
12	Bangkok	Thailand		127
13	Chengdu	China		127
14	Jakarta	Indonesia		117
15	Toronto	Canada		106
	Mumbai	India		106
17	Shenyang	China		101
18	Singapore	Singapore		98
19	Nanning	China		93
20	Hangzhou	China		90
21	Seoul	South Korea		86
22	Changsha	China		85
23	Nanjing	China		80
24	Busan	South Korea		77
25	Melbourne	Australia		77
26	Tianjin	China		76
27	Beijing	China		70
28	Panama City	Panama		67
29	Miami	United States		64
30	Zhuhai	China		60
31	Dalian	China		59
32	Istanbul	Turkey		57
33	Moscow	Russia		56
34	Doha	Qatar		55
35	Makati	Philippines		55
36	Sydney	Australia		51
37	Hefei	China		50
38	Incheon	South Korea		50
39	Osaka	Japan		46
40	Suzhou	China		46
41	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
42	London	United Kingdom		42
43	Jinan	China		41
44	Houston	United States		40
45	Qingdao	China		40
46	Foshan	China		39
47	Nanchang	China		38
48	Penang^ε	Malaysia		38
49	Xiamen	China		38
50	Guiyang	China		36
51	Taipei^α	Taiwan		35
52	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		33
53	Macau	Macau		33
54	Kunming	China		32
55	Ningbo	China		32
56	Los Angeles	United States		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-Yafo	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).^[4]

City	≥600m	≥500m	≥400m	≥300m
Dubai[5]	1	1	3	31
Shenzhen[6]	—	1	2	21
New York City[7]	—	1	6	17
Guangzhou[8]	—	1	2	11
Shanghai[9]	1	1	3	7
Chicago[10]	—	—	2	7
Wuhan[11]	—	—	2	7
Nanjing[12]	—	—	1	7
Kuala Lumpur[13]	1	1	4	6
Hong Kong[14]	—	—	2	6
Nanning[15]	—	—	1	6
Moscow[16]	—	—	—	6
Changsha	—	—	1	5
Chongqing[17]	—	—	1	5
Busan	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	4
Tianjin[18]	—	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[19]	—	—	—	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	—	—	—	2
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.^[20] 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.^[21]

^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,^[22][23] 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.^[24] 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.^{[25][26][27][28][29]}

^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,^[30] Ramat Gan,^[31] Bnei Brak,^[32] Ashdod,^[33] Bat Yam,^[34] Petah Tikva^[35] and Givatayim.^[36]

^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.^[37]

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External links

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