Hong Kong has over 550 skyscrapers, the most of any city in the worldShenzhen has over 400 skyscrapers, the second most of any city, and the most skyscrapers when measured by buildings taller than 200 m (656 ft)New York City, with over 300 skyscrapers, has the most in North America and the Western Hemisphere
This is a list of cities with most skyscrapers. For the purposes of this article, a skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that is taller than 150 meters (492 feet).[1][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]
Hong Kong is the city with the most skyscrapers, with a total of 569 such buildings as of 2026, followed by Shenzhen, New York City, Mumbai, and Dubai. Historically, New York City was the city with the most skyscrapers from the development of early skyscrapers until the early 2000s, when it was overtaken by Hong Kong. The country with the most cities that have at least 30 skyscrapers is China, with 28, followed by the United States, with five. With the exception of New York City, the ten cities with the most skyscrapers are all in Asia; four of them are in mainland China.
The title of the city with the most skyscrapers changes if alternative definitions for skyscraper are used. For example, when measured by the number of buildings taller than 200 m (656 ft), Shenzhen and Dubai rank higher than Hong Kong. The ranking also depends on whether the wider metropolitan areas are counted; some metropolitan areas, such as Metro Manila, have many skyscrapers spread across several cities. There are 20 cities with at least 100 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft). The first city to reach this milestone was New York City, and the most recent to do so was Moscow in 2025. If metropolitan areas are counted, Seoul and Metro Manila also surpass 100 skyscrapers.
New York City, with 323 skyscrapers, remains the city with the most in North America. Melbourne has the largest skyline out of any city in Oceania, with 77 skyscrapers. Moscow has the most skyscrapers in Europe, with 60. The Brazilian city of Balneário Camboriú has the most in South America, with 30, although São Paulo is the city with the most high-rises on the continent. The city with the most skyscrapers in Africa is Johannesburg, with five such buildings.
Cities with the most skyscrapers
This list includes every city with more than 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 metres (492 ft), as of January 2026. A main source for this article is the Skyscraper Center database, which is managed by the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU).[3] The CVU's figures may undercount a city's actual number of skyscrapers, and are unreliable for many non-Western cities due to incomplete data on high-rise buildings.[4] In this article, figures from the linked Wikipedia pages are used instead for Bangkok, Hyderabad, Miami, Moscow, Mumbai, Taipei, Thane, Tokyo, and Toronto.
Dubai has the most skyscrapers of any city in the Middle East, and the tallest building in the world, the Burj KhalifaGuangzhou is part of the Pearl River Delta alongside Hong Kong and Shenzhen; the urban agglomeration has over 1,000 skyscrapersTokyo is the city with the most skyscrapers in East Asia outside of China and Hong Kong.From the 1920s to the 1990s, Chicago had the second-most skyscrapers in the worldChengdu has the most skyscrapers of any city without a supertall skyscraperMumbai has the most skyscrapers in South Asia by a wide marginMelbourne has the most skyscrapers in Oceania, and is the southernmost city with over 30 skyscrapersDespite being China's capital and second-largest city, Beijing ranks 13th in mainland China for number of skyscrapersPanama City has the most skyscrapers of any city in Central America and all of Latin AmericaIstanbul has skyscrapers on both sides of the Bosporus, making it the only city to have skyscrapers on two continents, Asia and EuropeMoscow, with 100 skyscrapers, has the most in EuropeMakati, with 55 skyscrapers, makes up less than half of the total number of skyscrapers in Metro ManilaHefei is one of 16 cities in China with at least 50 skyscrapersOsaka has the second most skyscrapers in JapanBefore Brexit, London had the most skyscrapers in the European UnionHouston has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of TexasMalaysia is the least populous country to have three cities with at least 30 skyscrapers. Shown above is Johor BahruThe resort city of Balneário Camboriú is the only city in South America with at least 30 skyscrapersLos Angeles has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of California
This list ranks metropolitan areas with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of January 2026[update]. Metropolitan areas with over 50 skyscrapers are shown. Unless indicated in the above list or otherwise, the number of skyscrapers is given by the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU).
The following maps shows the location of every city and urban area with over 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft). Cities with over 100 skyscrapers are indicated by blue dots. Labels in italics indicate metropolitan areas with over 30 skyscrapers, but without any individual city that reaches that number. Cities in China and South Korea are labelled on the lower map due the lack of space on the upper map.
Cities in East Asia with at least 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of 2026
Cities with the most skyscrapers under construction
Mumbai has the highest number of skyscrapers under construction as of 2025.
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 2025. Values without a citation or a link to the city's corresponding Wikipedia page indicate that the figure was obtained from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.[f][g]
The ranking of cities with the most skyscrapers depends on the height used for the definition of a skyscraper. The following table lists the number of skyscrapers in a city that stands above 150 meters (492 ft), 200 meters (656 ft), and 300 meters (984 ft), as of January 2026. When using a definition of 200 meters (656 ft), Shenzhen is the city with the most skyscrapers, followed by Dubai, Hong Kong, and New York City. Dubai is the city with the most supertall skyscrapers, followed by Shenzhen and New York City.[3]
The following tables list the ten cities with the most skyscrapers taller than 150 metres (492 ft) by the end of the first year of every decade, starting from 1910. This includes demolished skyscrapers such as the Singer Building in New York City and the Morrison Hotel in Chicago. Unless indicated otherwise, all data is taken from the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU). There are a number of skyscrapers in the CVU database for which the year of completion is unknown; such buildings are excluded from the figures below.
^ abcThis figure is from the corresponding linked article. It includes topped-out buildings that are not fully completed.
^ abcdefgThis figure is from the corresponding linked article.
^ abThe CVU counts Sydney and Parramatta as separate cities. This figure is obtained from combining its figure for Sydney and Parramatta.
^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 Skyscraper Center website, instead of the state as a whole.[5]
^This figure is from the linked page of Taipei's tallest buildings, which includes skyscrapers in both the municipalities of Taipei City and New Taipei City. The two municipalities form a contiguous urban area. The CVU's figure for each city is 15 and 12 respectively, for a combined total of 27.
^The CVU’s "Explore Data" search function limits outputs to 25 buildings for free users. Figures higher than 25 skyscrapers were obtained by conducting separate queries of buildings under construction based on their intended purpose.
^CVU figures without a "greater than" sign (≥) should still be taken as minimum values, as the CVU may not catalogue every skyscraper taller than 150 m (492) under construction.
^ abcdeThis figure is from the corresponding linked article. It excludes buildings that are topped out.
^This figure is from the corresponding linked article.
References
^ ab"Skyscraper". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^Ambrose, Gavin; Harris, Paul; Stone, Sally (2008). The Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Switzerland: AVA Publishing SA. p. 233. ISBN978-2-940373-54-3.
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