List of cities with the most skyscrapers

This list ranks cities which have 30 or more completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of October 2023, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.[3]

Rank	City	Country	Image	Number of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	China		552
2	Shenzhen	China		386
3	New York	United States		316
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		258
5	Guangzhou	China		190
6	Shanghai	China		183
7	Tokyo	Japan		172
8	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		161
9	Wuhan	China		150
10	Chongqing	China		144
11	Chicago	United States		137
12	Chengdu	China		118
13	Jakarta	Indonesia		113
14	Bangkok	Thailand		112
15	Shenyang	China		98
16	Singapore	Singapore		97
17	Mumbai	India		95
18	Toronto	Canada		84
19	Nanning	China		82
20	Seoul	South Korea		82
21	Busan	South Korea		77
22	Melbourne	Australia		76
23	Tianjin	China		74
24	Hangzhou	China		73
25	Nanjing	China		72
26	Panama City	Panama		67
27	Beijing	China		62
28	Changsha	China		60
29	Miami	United States		58
30	Makati	Philippines		55
31	Istanbul	Turkey		54
32	Doha	Qatar		52
33	Dalian	China		51
34	Incheon	South Korea		50
35	Moscow	Russia		49
36	Zhuhai	China		48
37	Sydney	Australia		47
38	Hefei	China		45
39	Osaka	Japan		45
40	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
41	Suzhou	China		43
42	Houston	United States		40
43	Qingdao	China		39
44	Jinan	China		36
45	Xiamen	China		36
46	Nanchang	China		34
47	Penang	Malaysia		35
48	Taipeiα	Taiwan		35
49	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		33
50	London	United Kingdom		33
51	Macau	China		33
52	Foshan	China		32
53	Guiyang	China		30
54	Los Angeles	United States		30
55	Ningbo	China		30
56	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	Metro Manila[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	32	215
6	Shanghai[10]	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	10	28	71	184
7	Tokyo[11]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33	166
8	Guangzhou[12]	—	—	—	1	1	2	5	15	29	54	152
9	Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	8	23	56	142
10	Chicago[14]	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	7	17	37	133
11	Wuhan[15]	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	6	13	50	131
11	Shenyang[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	8	40	115
13 (=)	Kuala Lumpur[17]	—	—	1	1	3	4	5	11	22	60	107
13 (=)	Jakarta[18]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	20	53	107
13 (=)	Bangkok[19]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	13	30	107
16	Mumbai[20]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	19	35	105
17	Toronto[21]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	31	97
18	Singapore[22]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	34	95
19	Chengdu[23]	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	3	5	27	92
20	Seoul[24]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	6	20	83
21	Melbourne[25]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	29	75
22 (=)	Nanning[26]	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	8	10	31	74
22 (=)	Busan[27]	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	11	24	74
24	Nanjing[28]	—	—	—	—	2	3	4	13	18	41	73
25	Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	14	69
26	Tianjin[30]	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	4	11	29	60
27	Panama City[31]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	24	56
28 (=)	Hangzhou[32]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	15	23	52
28 (=)	Sydney[33]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	16	52
30	Moscow[34]	—	—	—	—	—	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[35]	1	1	1	1	3	15	34
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	16	29
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	7	9	18
Guangzhou[12]	—	—	1	1	2	6	17
Shanghai[10]	—	1	1	3	5	7	15
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	4	4	5	11
Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	2	3	5	11
Tianjin[30]	—	—	2	3	3	4	9
Chicago[14]	—	—	1	2	3	5	7
Moscow	—	—	—	—	1	3	7
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Bangkok	—	—	—	—	1	1	5
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Busan	—	—	—	—	1	1	4
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Jakarta[37]	—	—	—	—	—	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[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	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[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	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[35]	1	1	1	1	3	13	31
Shenzhen[5]	—	—	1	1	2	12	20
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	6	8	17
Guangzhou[12]	—	—	1	1	2	4	11
Chicago[14]	—	—	1	2	3	5	7
Wuhan[15]	—	—	—	1	2	3	7
Nanjing[28]	—	—	—	1	1	2	7
Kuala Lumpur[17]	—	1	1	4	4	4	6
Shanghai[10]	—	1	1	2	3	3	6
Tianjin[30]	—	—	1	1	1	1	6
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	—	1	2	4	6
Chongqing[13]	—	—	—	1	1	3	6
Changsha	—	—	—	1	1	1	6
Nanning[26]	—	—	—	—	1	2	6
Moscow[34]	—	—	—	—	—	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[39]	—	—	—	—	—	—	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.[40] 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.[41]

^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[42][43] 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.[44] 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. [45][46][47][48][49]

^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,[50] Ramat Gan,[51] Bnei Brak,[52] Ashdod,[53] Bat Yam,[54] Petah Tikva[55] and Givatayim.[56]

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