List of cities with the most skyscrapers

This is a list which ranks the top 50 cities in the world which have completed skyscrapers as of May 2023 that are taller than 150 m (492 ft), according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.[3]

Rank	City	Country	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	China		553
2	Shenzhen	China		367
3	New York	United States		311
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		251
5	Guangzhou	China		188
6	Shanghai	China		183
7	Tokyo	Japan		167
8	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		154
9	Chongqing	China		144
10	Chicago	United States		135
11	Wuhan	China		133
12	Chengdu	China		117
13	Jakarta	Indonesia		112
14	Bangkok	Thailand		109
15	Shenyang	China		97
16	Singapore	Singapore		95
17	Mumbai	India		88
18	Nanning	China		82
19	Seoul	South Korea		82
20	Toronto	Canada		81
21	Busan	South Korea		77
22	Tianjin	China		74
23	Nanjing	China		70
24	Melbourne	Australia		69
25	Panama City	Panama		66
26	Hangzhou	China		65
27	Beijing	China		60
28	Miami	United States		58
29	Changsha	China		57
30	Makati	Philippines		55
31	Incheon	South Korea		50
32	Dalian	China		50
33	Istanbul	Turkey		48
34	Sydney	Australia		47
35	Doha	Qatar		47
36	Moscow	Russia		46
37	Zhuhai	China		45
38	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
39	Osaka	Japan		44
40	Suzhou	China		43
41	Qingdao	China		42
42	Taipeiα	Taiwan		42
43	Hefei	China		41
44	Houston	United States		40
45	George Town	Malaysia		35
46	Nanchang	China		34
47	Jinan	China		34
48	Xiamen	China		34
49	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		33
50	Macau	China		33
51	Guiyang	China		30
52	London	United Kingdom		30
53	Wuxi	China		30

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 February 2022.[4]

Rank	City	Country	Image	No. of skyscrapers under construction
1	Shenzhen	China		88
2	Wuhan	China		49
3	Guangzhou	China		39
4	Mumbai	India		38
5=	Hong Kong	China		29
5=	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		29
5=	Shanghai	China		29
8	Toronto	Canada		27
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		21
10	New York City	United States		20
11=	Tel Aviv (Gush Dan)	Israel		17
11=	Metro Manila	Philippines		17
13=	Shenyang	China		15
13=	Nanjing	China		15
15=	Bangkok	Thailand		14
15=	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		14
17=	Hangzhou	China		13
17=	Nanning	China		13
19	Chongqing	China		12
20	Xi'an	China		11
21=	Melbourne	Australia		10
21=	Guiyang	China		10
21=	Sydney	Australia		10
21=	Changsha	China		10
21=	Miami	United States		10

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[5]	—	—	—	1	1	2	12	25	51	144	370
2	Hong Kong[6]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	6	16	67	356
3	New York City[7]	—	—	—	1	2	5	8	19	36	103	316
4	Dubai[8]	1	1	1	1	1	3	15	34	71	126	247
5	Shanghai[9]	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	10	28	71	184
6	Tokyo[10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33	166
7	Guangzhou[11]	—	—	—	1	1	2	5	15	29	54	152
8	Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	8	23	56	142
9	Chicago[13]	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	7	17	37	133
10	Wuhan[14]	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	6	13	50	131
11	Shenyang[15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	8	40	115
12	Metro Manila	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	32	110
13 (=)	Kuala Lumpur[16]	—	—	1	1	3	4	5	11	22	60	107
13 (=)	Jakarta[17]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	20	53	107
13 (=)	Bangkok[18]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	13	30	107
16	Mumbai[19]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	19	35	105
17	Toronto[20]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	31	97
18	Singapore[21]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	34	95
19	Chengdu[22]	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	3	5	27	92
20	Seoul[23]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	6	20	83
21	Melbourne[24]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	29	75
22 (=)	Nanning[25]	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	8	10	31	74
22 (=)	Busan[26]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	11	24	74
24	Nanjing[27]	—	—	—	—	2	3	4	13	18	41	73
25	Miami[28]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	14	69
26	Tianjin[29]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	4	11	29	60
27	Panama City[30]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	24	56
28 (=)	Hangzhou[31]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	15	23	52
28 (=)	Sydney[32]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	16	52
30	Moscow[33]	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	7	15	22	65

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[34]	1	1	1	1	3	15	34
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	16	29
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	7	9	18
Guangzhou[11]	—	—	1	1	2	6	17
Shanghai[9]	—	1	1	3	5	7	15
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	4	4	5	11
Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	2	3	5	11
Tianjin[29]	—	—	2	3	3	4	9
Chicago[13]	—	—	1	2	3	5	7
Moscow	—	—	—	—	1	3	7
Hong Kong[35]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	1	1	5
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Busan	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Jakarta[36]	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Beijing	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Houston[37]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Saint Petersburg	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Mumbai	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Miami[28]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Toronto	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mexico City	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Metro Manila	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Tokyo	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Pyongyang	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Doha	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Delhi NCR	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karachi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

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

City	≥700m	≥600m	≥500m	≥450m	≥400m	≥350m	≥300m
Dubai[34]	1	1	1	1	3	13	31
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	12	20
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	6	8	17
Guangzhou[11]	—	—	1	1	2	4	11
Chicago[13]	—	—	1	2	3	5	7
Wuhan[14]	—	—	—	1	2	3	7
Nanjing[27]	—	—	—	1	1	2	7
Kuala Lumpur[16]	—	1	1	4	4	4	6
Shanghai[9]	—	1	1	2	3	3	6
Tianjin[29]	—	—	1	1	1	1	6
Hong Kong[35]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	1	1	3	6
Changsha	—	—	—	1	1	1	6
Nanning[25]	—	—	—	—	1	2	6
Moscow[33]	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
Guiyang	—	—	—	—	1	2	4
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Busan	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Abu Dhabi	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Suzhou	—	—	—	1	1	2	3
Seoul	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Beijing	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Jakarta	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Houston[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Lusail	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	1
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Saint Petersburg	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Dongguan	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Hanoi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
San Francisco	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Tokyo	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Gold Coast	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Incheon	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Santiago	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Doha	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Frankfurt	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

^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.[39] 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.[40]

^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 115 as of January 2021[41][42]) 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.[43] 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. [44][45][46][47][48]

^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,[49] Ramat Gan,[50] Bnei Brak,[51] Ashdod,[52] Bat Yam,[53] Petah Tikva[54] and Givatayim.[55]

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