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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  China 517
2 Shenzhen  China 340
3 New York  United States 298
4 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 237
5 Shanghai  China 180
6 Tokyo  Japan 164
7 Guangzhou  China 146
8 Chongqing  China 133
9 Chicago  United States 131
10 Wuhan  China 110
11= Bangkok  Thailand 108
11= Jakarta  Indonesia 108
12 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 102
13 Singapore  Singapore 96
14 Shenyang  China 94
15 Chengdu  China 91
16 Seoul  South Korea 82
17= Toronto  Canada 80
17= Mumbai  India File:South-mumbai-2020.jpg 80
19 Busan  South Korea 74
20 Melbourne  Australia 67
21= Nanjing  China 63
21= Tianjin  China 63
21= Panama City  Panama 63
25 Nanning  China 57
26 Miami  United States 55
27 Makati  Philippines 52
28 Beijing  China 50
29 Changsha  China 49
30= Incheon  South Korea 48
30= Istanbul  Turkey 48
32 Dalian  China 46
33 Moscow  Russia 45
34= Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 44
34= Doha  Qatar 44
36 Osaka  Japan 43
37= Houston  United States 39
37= Sydney  Australia 39
39 Hangzhou  China 38
40 Zhuhai  China 36
41= Macau  China 32
41= Xiamen  China 32
43 Nanchang  China 31
44= Suzhou  China 29
44= Jinan  China 29
44= London  United Kingdom 29
47 Ningbo  China 28
48= Qingdao  China 27
48= 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= Seattle  United States 22
55= Boston  United States 22
55= Hefei  China 22
58 Dallas  United States 21
59= Johor Bahru  Malaysia 20
59= Balneario Camboriu  Brazil 20
61 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 19
62= Kunming  China
18
62= Mandaluyong  Philippines 18
62= Calgary  Canada 18
62= Dongguan  China 18
66= Guiyang  China 17
66= Xi'an  China 17
66= Taiyuan  China
17
66= Kuwait City  Kuwait 17
66= Frankfurt  Germany 17
66= Taguig  Philippines 17
66= Atlanta  United States 17
66= Fuzhou  China 17
74= Brisbane  Australia 16
74= São Paulo  Brazil Skyline of São Paulo at dusk (318298) 16
74= Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam
16
77= Delhi NCR  India
15
77= Pyongyang  North Korea 15
77= Las Vegas  United States 15
77= Philadelphia  United States 15
77= Taichung  Taiwan 15
77= Tel Aviv  Israel 15
82= Goyang  South Korea 14
82= Jersey City  United States 14
82= Taipei  Taiwan 14
85= Lanzhou  China 13
85= Paris-Courbevoie  France 13
85= Manama  Bahrain 13
85= Warsaw Poland Poland 13
88= Bogotá  Colombia 12
88= Buenos Aires  Argentina 12
88= Sunny Isles Beach  United States 12
88= Pattaya  Thailand 12
92= Nagoya  Japan 11
92= Minneapolis  United States 11
92= Colombo  Sri Lanka Colombo City, Sri Lanka 11
92= Ankara  Turkey File:YDA-Center-03.jpg 11
92= Hanoi  Vietnam File:West Hanoi.jpg 11
92= Montreal  Canada 11
92= Zhengzhou  China 11
98= Kawasaki  Japan 10
98= Shijiazhuang  China 10
98= Daejeon  South Korea 10
98= Pasig  Philippines 10
98= Pittsburgh  United States 10
98= Kolkata  India 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 Shenzhen  China 81
2 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 46
3 Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)  Israel 41
4 Mumbai  India File:South-mumbai-2020.jpg 41[5]
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[1]  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 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[6] — — — 1 1 2 12 25 51 144 370
2 Hong Kong[7] — — — — 1 2 4 6 16 67 356
3 New York City[8] — — — 1 2 5 8 19 36 103 316
4 Dubai[9] 1 1 1 1 1 3 15 34 71 126 247
5 Shanghai[10] — — 1 1 2 3 4 10 28 71 184
6 Tokyo[11] — — — — — — — 1 3 33 166
7 Guangzhou[12] — — — 1 1 2 5 15 29 54 152
8 Chongqing[13] — — — — 1 2 4 8 23 56 142
9 Chicago[14] — — — — — 2 3 7 17 37 133
10 Wuhan[15] — — — — — 2 2 6 13 50 131
11 Shenyang[16] — — — — — — 1 5 8 40 115
12 Metro Manila[17][circular reference] — — — — — — — 2 12 32 110
13 (=) Kuala Lumpur[18] — — 1 1 3 4 5 11 22 60 107
13 (=) Jakarta[19] — — — — — — 1 4 20 53 107
13 (=) Bangkok[20] — — — — — 1 1 4 13 30 107
16 Mumbai[21] — — — 1 1 10 3 1 19 35 105
17 Toronto[22] — — — — — — — 1 7 31 97
18 Singapore[23] — — — — — — — — 8 34 95
19 Chengdu[24] — — — — 1 1 1 3 5 27 92
20 Seoul[25] — — — 1 1 1 1 2 6 20 83
21 Melbourne[26] — — — — — — — 2 8 29 75
22 (=) Nanning[27] — — — — — 1 2 8 10 31 74
22 (=) Busan[28] — — — — — 1 1 4 11 24 74
24 Nanjing[29] — — — — 2 3 4 13 18 41 73
25 Miami[30] — — — — — — — 5 6 14 69
26 Tianjin[31] — — — 1 1 1 1 4 11 29 60
27 Panama City[32] — — — — — — — — 4 24 56
28 (=) Hangzhou[33] — — — — — — — 2 15 23 52
28 (=) Sydney[34] — — — — — — — — 2 16 52
30 Moscow[35] — — — — — 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[36] 1 1 1 1 3 15 34
Shenzhen[6] — — 1 1 2 10 21
New York City[8] — — 1 2 6 10 19
Mumbai — — 1 1 10 3 8
Guangzhou[12] — — 2 1 2 4 10
Kuala Lumpur — 1 1 3 5 6 9
Tianjin[31] — — 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[14] — — 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
Miami[30] — — — — — — 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[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 — — — — — — 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.[41] 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.[42]
^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.[43] 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[44][45]) 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.[46] 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. [47][48][49][50][51]
^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,[52] Ramat Gan,[53] Bnei Brak,[54] Ashdod,[55] Bat Yam,[56] Petah Tikva[57] and Givatayim.[58]

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