List of cities with the most skyscrapers

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 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 April 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		554
2	Shenzhen	China		410
3	New York City	United States		317
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		263
5	Mumbai	India		252
6	Guangzhou	China		191
7	Shanghai	China		189
8	Bangkok	Thailand		181
9	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		173
10	Tokyo	Japan		173
11	Wuhan	China		168
12	Chongqing	China		145
13	Chicago	United States		137
14	Jakarta	Indonesia		128
15	Chengdu	China		127
16	Singapore	Singapore		122
17	Shenyang	China		100
18	Seoul	South Korea		99
19	Toronto	Canada		91
20	Hangzhou	China		85
21	Incheon	South Korea		82
22	Nanning	China		82
23	Melbourne	Australia		77
24	Busan	South Korea		77
25	Tianjin	China		76
26	Nanjing	China		73
27	Miami	United States		70
28	Panama City	Panama		67
29	Beijing	China		65
30	Changsha	China		65
31	Dalian	China		59
32	Istanbul	Turkey		58
33	Doha	Qatar		58
34	Zhuhai	China		57
35	Moscow	Russia		55
36	Makati	Philippines		55
37	Sydney	Australia		53
38	Osaka	Japan		50
39	Hefei	China		46
40	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
41	Suzhou	China		44
42	London	United Kingdom		42
43	Houston	United States		41
44	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		39
45	Qingdao	China		39
46	Los Angeles	United States		38
47	Jinan	China		38
48	Foshan	China		37
49	Xiamen	China		36
50	Macau	Macau		35
51	Nanchang	China		35
52	Penangε	Malaysia		35
53	Taipeiα	Taiwan		35
54	Guiyang	China		30
55	Kunming	China		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 January 2024.

Rank	City	Country	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Mumbai	India	>100
2	Shenzhen	China	>46
3	Guangzhou	China	>31
4	Shanghai	China	>31
5	Hyderabad	India	>30
6	Wuhan	China	>29
7	Changsha	China	29
8	Hangzhou	China	29
9	Xi'an	China	26
10	Toronto	Canada	23
11	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	22
12	Hong Kong	China	17
13	Shenyang	China	17
14	Sydney	Australia	16
15	Nanjing	China	15
16	New York City	United States	14
17	Chongqing	China	13
18	Miami	United States	13
19	Bangkok	Thailand	12
20	Moscow	Russia	12
21	Noida	India	11
22	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	11
23	Foshan	China	10
24	Jinan	China	10
25	Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)	Israel	10
26	Metro Manila[1]	Philippines	10
27	Gurugram	India	9
28	Pune	India	9
29	Mangaluru	India	5
30	New Alamein	Egypt	5

Cities with at least 1 completed skyscraper above 300m

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

City	≥600m	≥500m	≥400m	≥300m
Dubai	1	1	3	31
Shenzhen	—	1	2	20
New York City	—	1	6	17
Guangzhou	—	1	2	11
Chicago	—	—	2	7
Wuhan	—	—	2	7
Kuala Lumpur	1	1	4	6
Hong Kong	—	—	2	6
Nanjing	—	—	2	6
Nanning	—	—	1	6
Moscow	—	—	—	6
Shanghai	1	1	3	5
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
Mumbai	—	—	—	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
Noida	—	—	-	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	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
• Skyscraperpage.com