List of cities with the most 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.

Skyline of Hong Kong at night which has 355 skyscrapers.

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 that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of December 2019.[3]

Rank	City	Country	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	China		355
2	Shenzhen	China		289[4]
3	New York City	United States		284
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		199
5	Shanghai	China		163
6	Tokyo	Japan		155
7	Chongqing	China		127
8	Chicago	United States		126
9	Guangzhou	China		115
10	Wuhan	China		96
11	Bangkok	Thailand		92
12	Jakarta	Indonesia		91
13=	Metro Manila^α	Philippines		90
13=	Singapore	Singapore		89
14	Shenyang	China		85
15	Chengdu	China		81
16	Mumbai	India		80
17	Seoul	South Korea		78
18	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		75
19	Toronto	Canada		72
20	Busan	South Korea		61
21	Nanjing	China		58
22	Tianjin	China		54
23=	Miami	United States		53
25	Nanning	China		53
25=	Melbourne	Australia		52
25=	Panama City	Panama		52
27	Istanbul	Turkey		46
28=	Beijing	China		43
28=	Moscow	Russia		43
30=	Osaka	Japan		41
30=	Dalian	China		41
32	Sydney	Australia		40
33=	Hangzhou	China		39
33=	Houston	United States		39
35	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		38
36	Doha	Qatar		35
37=	Incheon	South Korea		32
37=	Macau	China		32
39	Changsha	China		31
40	London	United Kingdom		30
41=	Nanchang	China		29
41=	Xiamen	China		29
43	Suzhou	China		27
44	Los Angeles	United States		26
45	San Francisco	United States		25
46=	Jinan	China		24
46=	Zhuhai	China		24
48	Mexico City	Mexico		23
49	Qingdao	China		22
50=	Boston	United States		21
50=	Hefei	China		21
50=	Ningbo	China		21
50=	Seattle	United States		21
50=	Wuxi	China		21
55=	Dallas	United States		20
55=	Liuzhou	China		20
57=	Calgary	Canada		18
57=	Kunming	China		18
57=	Tel Aviv	Israel		18
57=	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		18
60=	Atlanta	United States		17
60=	Fuzhou	China		17
60=	Kuwait City	Kuwait		17
60=	Taiyuan	China		17
64=	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam		16
65=	Brisbane	Australia		15
65=	Frankfurt am Main	Germany		15
65=	Goyang	South Korea		14
65=	Las Vegas	United States		14
65=	Pyongyang	North Korea		14
65=	Taipei	Taiwan		14
65=	Xi'an	China		14
72=	Surabaya	Indonesia		13
72=	Manama	Bahrain		13
72=	Paris-Courbevoie	France		13
72=	Philadelphia	United States		13
72=	São Paulo	Brazil		13
72=	Taichung	Taiwan		13
72=	Balneario Camboriu	Brazil		13
80=	Bogotá	Colombia		12
80=	Kolkata	India		12
80=	Pattaya	Thailand		12
80=	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates		12
84=	Buenos Aires	Argentina		11
84=	Guiyang	China		11
84=	Jersey City	United States		11
84=	Lanzhou	China		11
84=	Nagoya	Japan		11
84=	Zhengzhou	China		11
90=	Daejeon	South Korea		10
90=	Dongguan	China		10
90=	Kawasaki	Japan		10
90=	Montreal	Canada		10
90=	Pittsburgh	United States		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 November 2019.[5]

Rank	City	Country	Image	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Shenzhen	China		71
2	Mumbai	India		50
3	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		49
4	Metro Manila^α	Philippines		40
5	Toronto	Canada		36
6	New York City	United States		32
7	Shenyang	China		30
8	Wuhan	China		28
9	Guangzhou	China		24
10	Chongqing	China		23
11=	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		22
11=	Melbourne	Australia		22
11=	Nanning	China		22
12	Guiyang	China		21
13	Shanghai	China		18
14=	Sydney	Australia		17
14=	Bangkok	Thailand		17
15=	Jakarta	Indonesia		16
15=	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		16
15=	London	United Kingdom		16
16	Nanjing	China		15
17	Busan	South Korea		14
18	Ningbo	China		13
19=	Hangzhou	China		12
19=	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		12
19=	Tokyo	Japan		12
19=	Xi'an	China		12
20	Hefei	China		11
21=	Changsha	China		10
21=	Miami	United States		10

Cities with at least 50 skyscrapers above 150m (under construction inclusive)

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[6]	—	—	—	1	1	2	10	22	48	139	362
2	Hong Kong[7]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	6	16	66	356
3	New York City[8]	—	—	—	1	2	5	8	18	36	102	311
4	Dubai[9]	1	1	1	1	1	3	15	34	70	121	242
5	Shanghai[10]	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	10	28	70	182
6	Tokyo[11]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33	167
7	Jakarta[12]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	20	67	148
8	Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	7	22	55	141
9	Guangzhou[14]	—	—	—	1	1	2	6	14	27	47	140
10	Chicago[15]	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	7	16	35	131
11	Wuhan[16]	—	—	—	—	1	3	3	7	14	51	129
12	Shenyang[17]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	8	40	115
13	Bangkok[18]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	13	30	107
14	Kuala Lumpur[19]	—	—	1	1	3	4	5	11	21	56	102
15	Mumbai[20]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	20	51	100
16	Toronto[21]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	33	99
17	Singapore[22]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	34	91
18	Chengdu[23]	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	3	4	26	89
19	Seoul[24]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	6	21	85
20	Nanning[25]	—	—	—	1	1	2	3	7	9	29	73
21	Busan[26]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	11	22	72
22	Nanjing[27]	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	11	16	38	70
23	Melbourne[28]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	25	67
24	Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	9	63
25	Tianjin[30]	—	—	—	2	2	2	2	5	11	31	59
26	Makati[31]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	21	53
=27	Sydney[32]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	17	52
=27	Panama City[33]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	23	52
=29	Hangzhou[34]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	14	24	51
=29	Moscow[35]	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	7	15	22	51

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
Dubai[36]	1	1	1	1	3	15	34
Shenzhen[6]	—	—	1	1	2	10	21
New York City[8]	—	—	1	2	6	10	19
Guangzhou[14]	—	—	2	1	2	4	10
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	3	5	6	9
Tianjin[30]	—	—	1	2	3	3	8
Shanghai[10]	—	1	1	3	4	4	6
Hong Kong[37]	—	—	1	1	2	4	6
Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	1	1	2	6
Chicago[15]	—	—	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[38]	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Moscow	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	6
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Doha	—	—	2	4	4	4	5
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Busan	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Paris[39]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Houston[40]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mexico City	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Colombo	—	—	—	—	1	1	2
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mumbai	—	—	—	—	1	2	5
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Pyongyang	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Toronto	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karachi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Notes

^α 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.[41] 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 combined is 89 (44 in Makati, 16 in Mandaluyong, 10 in Taguig, 8 in Pasig, 7 in the City of Manila, 2 in Quezon City[42] and 2 in San Juan[43]) tied at 13th with Singapore.

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External links

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