List of cities with the most skyscrapers

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		518
2	Shenzhen	China		343
3	New York	United States		300
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		238
5	Shanghai	China		180
6	Tokyo	Japan		166
7	Guangzhou	China		153
8	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		148
9=	Chongqing	China		134
9=	Chicago	United States		133
10	Wuhan	China		112
11=	Bangkok	Thailand		108
11=	Jakarta	Indonesia		108
12=	Shenyang	China		96
12=	Singapore	Singapore		96
13	Chengdu	China		94
14	Seoul	South Korea		82
15	Mumbai	India		80
16	Toronto	Canada		76
17	Busan	South Korea		74
18	Melbourne	Australia		67
19=	Nanjing	China		66
19=	Tianjin	China		66
19=	Nanning	China		66
22	Panama City	Panama		65
23	Miami	United States		58
24	Makati	Philippines		53
25	Changsha	China		52
26=	Beijing	China		51
26=	Hanoi	Vietnam		51
27	Incheon	South Korea		50
28=	Istanbul	Turkey		48
28=	Dalian	China		48
29	Moscow	Russia		46
30=	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		44
30=	Doha	Qatar		44
31=	Osaka	Japan		43
31=	Hangzhou	China		43
32	Houston	United States		40
33=	Sydney	Australia		39
33=	Zhuhai	China		39
34	Suzhou	China		35
35	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam		34
36=	Macau	Macau (SAR)		32
36=	Xiamen	China		32
37	Nanchang	China		31
38	London	United Kingdom		30
39=	Hefei	China		29
39=	Jinan	China		29
39=	Ningbo	China		29
39=	Qingdao	China		29
40	Los Angeles	United States		27
41	San Francisco	United States		26
42=	Wuxi	China		25
42=	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates		25
42=	Boston	United States		25
43	Mexico City	Mexico		24
44=	Seattle	United States		23
44=	Liuzhou	China		23
45=	Guiyang	China		22
45=	Balneario Camboriu	Brazil		22
46=	Dallas	United States		21
46=	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		21
47	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		20
48=	Taiyuan	China		18
48=	Kunming	China		18
48=	Lanzhou	China		18
48=	Mandaluyong	Philippines		18
48=	Calgary	Canada		18
48=	Dongguan	China		18
49=	Xi'an	China		17
49=	Kuwait City	Kuwait		17
49=	Frankfurt	Germany		17
49=	Taguig	Philippines		17
49=	Atlanta	United States		17
49=	Fuzhou	China		17
50=	Brisbane	Australia		16
50=	São Paulo	Brazil		16
50=	Tel Aviv	Israel		16
50=	Delhi NCR	India		15
50=	Pyongyang	North Korea		15
50=	Las Vegas	United States		15
50=	Philadelphia	United States		15
50=	Manama	Bahrain		15
50=	Taichung	Taiwan		15
51=	Goyang	South Korea		14
51=	Jersey City	United States		14
51=	Taipei	Taiwan		14
52=	Courbevoie (Grand Paris)	France		13
53=	Kolkata	India		12
53=	Bogotá	Colombia		12
53=	Buenos Aires	Argentina		12
53=	Sunny Isles Beach	United States		12
53=	Pattaya	Thailand		12
54=	Nagoya	Japan		11
54=	Minneapolis	United States		11
54=	Shijiazhuang	China		11
54=	Colombo	Sri Lanka		11
54=	Pasig	Philippines		11
54=	Ankara	Turkey		11
54=	Zhengzhou	China		11
55=	Kawasaki	Japan		10
55=	Daejeon	South Korea		10
55=	Pittsburgh	United States		10
55=	Warsaw	Poland		10
55=	Montreal	Canada		10

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		33
5=	Hong Kong	Hong Kong (SAR)		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[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	12	32	110
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	1	10	3	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	10	21
New York City[7]	—	—	1	2	6	10	19
Mumbai	—	—	1	1	10	3	8
Guangzhou[11]	—	—	2	1	2	4	10
Kuala Lumpur	—	1	1	3	5	6	9
Tianjin[30]	—	—	1	2	3	3	8
Shanghai[9]	—	1	1	3	4	4	6
Hong Kong[36]	—	—	1	1	2	4	6
Chongqing[12]	—	—	—	1	1	2	6
Chicago[13]	—	—	1	1	2	2	6
Mecca	—	1	1	1	1	1	1
Riyadh	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Kuwait City	—	—	—	—	—	2	5
Jakarta[37]	—	—	—	—	—	1	4
Miami[29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Moscow	—	—	—	—	—	2	7
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
Astana	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Houston[38]	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Los Angeles	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Mexico City	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Monterrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Osaka	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Colombo	—	—	—	—	1	1	2
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Atlanta	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Taipei	—	—	1	1	1	1	2
Metro Manila	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Delhi NCR	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Pyongyang	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Warsaw	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Paris[39]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Toronto	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Karachi	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	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 2,646,204.[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.[42] 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[43][44]) 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.[45] 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. [46][47][48][49][50]

^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,[51] Ramat Gan,[52] Bnei Brak,[53] Ashdod,[54] Bat Yam,[55] Petah Tikva[56] and Givatayim.[57]

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