List of cities with the most skyscrapers

Hong Kong has over 550 skyscrapers, the most of any city in the world

Shenzhen 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] The main source for this article is the Skyscraper Center database, which is managed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). ^[3] The CTBUH's figures may undercount a city's actual number of skyscrapers. ^[4]

Hong Kong is the city with the most skyscrapers, with a total of 569 such buildings as of 2025, followed by Shenzhen, New York City, Dubai, and Guangzhou. 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 located in Asia; five 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 of cities by skyscrapers also depends on whether metropolitan areas are counted; some metropolitan areas, such as Metro Manila, have many skyscrapers spread across several different cities. There are 18 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 Singapore in 2025. If metropolitan areas are counted, Seoul and Metro Manila also surpass 100 skyscrapers.

New York City, with 317 skyscrapers, remains the city with the most in North America. Melbourne has the largest skyline out of any city in Oceania, with 77 skyscrapers. Istanbul is the European city with the most skyscrapers, having 57, though if buildings on its Asian side are excluded, then Moscow has the most skyscrapers in Europe with 56. The Brazilian city of Balneário Camboriú has the most in South America, with 30, while the city with the most skyscrapers in Africa is Johannesburg, with five such buildings.

Cities with the most skyscrapers

By city proper

This list ranks cities with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft)as of September 2025 ^[update] . Cities with over 30 completed skyscrapers are shown. Unless indicated otherwise, the number of skyscrapers is given by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). ^[3]

Dubai has the most skyscrapers of any city in the Middle East, and the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa

Guangzhou is part of the Pearl River Delta alongside Hong Kong and Shenzhen; the urban agglomeration has over 1,000 skyscrapers

Kuala Lumpur has the most skyscrapers of any national capital and any city in Southeast Asia

From the 1920s to the 1990s, Chicago had the second-most skyscrapers in the world

Chengdu has the most skyscrapers of any city without a supertall skyscraper

Mumbai has the most skyscrapers in South Asia by a wide margin

Melbourne has the most skyscrapers in Oceania, and is the southernmost city with over 30 skyscrapers

Despite being China's capital and second-largest city, Beijing ranks 13th in mainland China for number of skyscrapers

Panama City has the most skyscrapers of any city in Central America and all of Latin America

Istanbul has skyscrapers on both sides of the Bosporus, making it the only city to have skyscrapers on two continents, Asia and Europe

Moscow, the northernmost city with over 30 skyscrapers, has the most skyscrapers fully within Europe

Makati, with 55 skyscrapers, makes up less than half of the total number of skyscrapers in Metro Manila

Hefei is one of 16 cities in China with at least 50 skyscrapers

Osaka has the second most skyscrapers in Japan

Before Brexit, London had the most skyscrapers in the European Union

Houston has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Texas

Malaysia is the least populous country to have three cities with at least 30 skyscrapers. Shown above is Johor Bahru

The resort city of Balneário Camboriú is the only city in South America with at least 30 skyscrapers

Los Angeles has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of California

Rank	City	Country	Image	No. of skyscrapers
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		569
2	Shenzhen	China		458
3	New York City	United States		319
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		270
5	Guangzhou	China		206
6	Shanghai	China		201
7	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		199
8	Wuhan	China		194
9	Tokyo	Japan		175
10	Chongqing	China		151
11	Chicago	United States		137
12	Chengdu	China		131
13	Bangkok	Thailand		129
14	Jakarta	Indonesia		117
15	Mumbai	India		108
16	Toronto	Canada		106
17	Shenyang	China		101
18	Singapore	Singapore		100
19	Hangzhou	China		97
20	Nanning	China		93
21	Changsha	China		87
22	Seoul	South Korea		86
23	Nanjing	China		80
24	Melbourne	Australia		78
25	Busan	South Korea		77
26	Tianjin	China		76
27	Beijing	China		70
28	Miami	United States		67
29	Panama City	Panama		67
30	Moscow	Russia		60
31	Zhuhai	China		60
32	Dalian	China		59
33	Doha	Qatar		57
34	Istanbul	Turkey		57
35	Makati	Philippines		55
36	Suzhou	China		51
37	Sydney	Australia		51 [A]
38	Hefei	China		50
39	Incheon	South Korea		50
40	Osaka	Japan		46
41	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		45
42	London	United Kingdom		42
43	Foshan	China		41
44	Jinan	China		41
45	Houston	United States		40
46	Qingdao	China		40
47	Xiamen	China		40
48	Nanchang	China		38
49	Penang [B]	Malaysia		38
50	Guiyang	China		36
51	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		35
52	Macau	Macau		33
53	Kunming	China		32
54	Ningbo	China		32
55	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		30
56	Los Angeles	United States		30
57	Wuxi	China		30
58	Xi'an	China		30

By metropolitan area

This list ranks metropolitan areas with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than 150 m (492 ft)as of August 2025 ^[update] . Metropolitan areas with over 50 skyscrapers are shown. Unless indicated otherwise, the number of skyscrapers is given by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

Rank	Metropolitan area	Country	Image	Skyscrapers	Cities included (number of skyscrapers)
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		569	Hong Kong (569)
2	Shenzhen	China		458	Shenzhen (458)
3	New York City	United States		339	New York City (319), Jersey City (18), Fort Lee (2)
4	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		297	Dubai (270), Sharjah (26), Ajman (1)
5	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		241	Kuala Lumpur (199), Petaling Jaya (13), Ampang Jaya (12), Shah Alam (6), Cyberjaya (4), Subang Jaya (4), Putrajaya (3)
6	Tokyo	Japan		205	Tokyo (175), Kawasaki (10), Yokohama (9), Chiba (6), Saitama (2), Hachioji (1), Ichikawa (1), Kawaguchi (1)
7	Guangzhou	China		206	Guangzhou (206)
8	Shanghai	China		201	Shanghai (201)
9	Wuhan	China		194	Wuhan (194)
10	Seoul	South Korea		167	Seoul (86), Incheon (50), Goyang (14), Gwangmyeong (6), Hwaseong (4), Anyang (2), Bucheon (2), Suwon (2), Seongnam (1)
11	Chongqing	China		151	Chongqing (151)
12	Chicago	United States		137	Chicago (137)
13	Bangkok	Thailand		133	Bangkok (129), Nonthaburi (4)
14	Chengdu	China		131	Chengdu (131)
15	Manila	Philippines		127	Makati (55), Taguig (19), Mandaluyong (18), Pasig (14), Quezon City (10), Manila (9), San Juan (2)
16	Jakarta	Indonesia		124	Jakarta (117), Tangerang (5), Bekasi (2)
17	Toronto	Canada		120	Toronto (106), Vaughan (8), Mississauga (6)
18	Mumbai	India		108	Mumbai (108)
19	Shenyang	China		101	Shenyang (101)
20	Singapore	Singapore		100	Singapore (100)
21	Hangzhou	China		97	Hangzhou (97)
22	Nanning	China		93	Nanning (93)
23	Changsha	China		87	Changsha (87)
24	Miami	United States		86	Miami (67), Sunny Isles Beach (14), Miami Beach (3), Fort Lauderdale (1), Hallandale Beach (1)
25	Busan	South Korea		82	Busan (77), Ulsan (5)
26	Nanjing	China		80	Nanjing (80)
27	Melbourne	Australia		78	Melbourne (78)
28	Tianjin	China		76	Tianjin (76)
29	Beijing	China		70	Beijing (70)
30	Panama City	Panama		67	Panama City (67)
31	Moscow	Russia		60	Moscow (60)
32	Zhuhai	China		60	Zhuhai (60)
33	Dalian	China		59	Dalian (59)
34	Doha	Qatar		57	Doha (57)
35	Istanbul	Turkey		57	Istanbul (57)
36	Osaka	Japan		53	Osaka (46), Kobe (6), Izumisano (1)
37	Suzhou	China		51	Suzhou (51)
38	Sydney	Australia		51	Sydney (51)
39	Hefei	China		50	Hefei (50)
40	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		45	Abu Dhabi (45)
41	London	United Kingdom		42	London (42)
42	Foshan	China		41	Foshan (41)
43	Jinan	China		41	Jinan (41)
44	Houston	United States		40	Houston (40)
45	Qingdao	China		40	Qingdao (40)
46	Tel Aviv	Israel		40	Tel Aviv (24), Bnei Brak (5), Petah Tikva (4) Ramat Gan (4), Givatayim (2), Bat Yam (1)
47	Xiamen	China		40	Xiamen (40)
48	Taipei	Taiwan		39 [C]	New Taipei City (23), Taipei (16)
49	Nanchang	China		38	Nanchang (38)
50	Penang	Malaysia		38	Penang (38)
51	Guiyang	China		36	Guiyang (36)
52	Johor Bahru	Malaysia		35	Johor Bahru (35)
53	Macau	Macau		33	Macau (33)
54	Kunming	China		32	Kunming (32)
55	Ningbo	China		32	Ningbo (32)
56	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil		31	Balneário Camboriú (30), Itapema (1)
57	Los Angeles	United States		30	Los Angeles (30)
58	Wuxi	China		30	Wuxi (30)
59	Xi'an	China		30	Xi'an (30)

1. The CTBUH counts Sydney and Parramatta as separate cities. This figure is obtained from combining its figure for Sydney (46) and Parramatta (5).
2. 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. ^[5]
3. 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 CTBUH's figure for each city is 15 and 12 respectively, for a combined total of 27.

Map of cities with the most skyscrapers

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.

New York City

Dubai

Kuala Lumpur

Tokyo

Chicago

Bangkok

Jakarta

Mumbai

Toronto

Singapore

Melbourne

Panama City

Miami

Doha

Istanbul

Moscow

Makati

Sydney

Osaka

Abu Dhabi

London

Houston

Penang

Johor Bahru

Balneário Camboriú

Los Angeles

Tel Aviv

Taipei

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Cities with at least 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of 2025

Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Guangzhou

Shanghai

Wuhan

Tokyo

Chongqing

Chengdu

Mumbai

Shenyang

Nanning

Hangzhou

Seoul

Changsha

Nanjing

Busan

Tianjin

Beijing

Zhuhai

Dalian

Hefei

Incheon

Osaka

Suzhou

Jinan

Foshan

Qingdao

Nanchang

Xiamen

Guiyang

Macau

Kunming

Ningbo

Wuxi

Xi'an

Taipei

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Cities in East Asia with at least 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft) as of 2025

Cities with the most skyscrapers under construction

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 June 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. ^{[a] [b]}

Mumbai has one of the highest number of skyscrapers under construction in the world

Rank	City	Country	Skyscrapers under construction
1	Mumbai	India	>300
2	Hyderabad	India	>100
3	Moscow	Russia	≥90
4	Shenzhen	China	≥65
5	Wuhan	China	≥45
6	Guangzhou	China	≥36
7	Xi'an	China	31
8	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	≥28
9	Chengdu	China	27
10	Hangzhou	China	26
11	Changsha	China	22
12	Toronto	Canada	21
13	Shanghai	China	18
14	Suzhou	China	18
15	Zhuhai	China	18
16	Miami	United States	15
17	New York City	United States	13
18	Balneário Camboriú	Brazil	12
19	Dongguan	China	12
20	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	12
21	Shenyang	China	12
22	Chongqing	China	11
23	Jinan	China	11
24	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	10
25	Sydney	Australia	10

1. The CTBUH’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.
2. CTBUH figures without a "greater than" sign (≥) should still be taken as minimum values, as the CTBUH may not catalogue every skyscraper taller than 150 m (492) under construction.

Cities with the most skyscrapers by height

See also: List of supertall skyscrapers

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 August 2025. When using a definition of 200 meters (656 ft), Shenzhen is the city with the most skyscrapers, while Dubai is the city with the most supertall skyscrapers. ^[3]

City	Country	≥150 m (492 ft)	≥200 m (656 ft)	≥300 m (984 ft)	≥400 m (1,312 ft)
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	569	102	6	2
Shenzhen	China	458	195	22	2
New York City	United States	319	100	18	6
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	270	130	33	3
Guangzhou	China	206	66	13	2
Shanghai	China	201	73	9	3
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	199	72	6	4
Wuhan	China	194	72	8	2
Tokyo	Japan	175	37	1	0
Chongqing	China	151	62	5	0
Chicago	United States	137	38	7	2
Chengdu	China	131	46	0	0
Bangkok	Thailand	129	36	3	0
Jakarta	Indonesia	117	51	2	0
Mumbai	India	108	46	1	0
Toronto	Canada	106	31	0	0
Shenyang	China	101	30	3	0
Singapore	Singapore	100	34	0	0
Hangzhou	China	97	36	2	0
Nanning	China	93	36	6	1
Seoul	South Korea	86	21	2	1
Changsha	China	87	48	6	1
Nanjing	China	80	38	7	1
Melbourne	Australia	78	29	1	0
Busan	South Korea	77	25	4	1
Tianjin	China	76	34	3	1
Beijing	China	70	27	2	1
Panama City	Panama	67	25	0	0
Miami	United States	64	9	0	0
Moscow	Russia	60	25	6	0
Zhuhai	China	60	22	3	0
Dalian	China	59	30	2	0
Doha	Qatar	57	30	3	0
Istanbul	Turkey	57	12	1	0
Makati	Philippines	55	19	0	0
Suzhou	China	51	26	3	1
Sydney	Australia	51	17	0	0
Hefei	China	50	28	0	0
Incheon	South Korea	50	8	1	0
Osaka	Japan	46	5	1	0
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	45	23	4	0
London	United Kingdom	42	12	1	0
Foshan	China	41	15	0	0
Jinan	China	41	16	3	0
Houston	United States	40	16	2	0
Qingdao	China	40	17	1	0
Xiamen	China	40	18	1	0
Taipei	Taiwan	39	8	1	0
Nanchang	China	38	23	2	0
Penang	Malaysia	38	3	0	0
Guiyang	China	36	26	3	1
Johor Bahru	Malaysia	35	5	0	0
Macau	Macau	33	2	0	0
Kunming	China	32	18	3	0
Ningbo	China	32	8	1	1
Balneário Camboriú	Brazil	30	5	0	0
Los Angeles	United States	30	13	2	0
Wuxi	China	30	15	4	0
Xi'an	China	30	14	1	0

Cities with the most skyscrapers by year

The following tables list the ten cities with the most skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft) by the end of the first year of every decade, starting from 1910. This inclues 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 Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). There are a number of skyscrapers in the CTBUH database for which the year of completion is unknown; such buildings are excluded from the figures below.

New York City in the early 1930s

Postcard of Chicago during the 1930s

Cincinnati in the 1960s

Pittsburgh in 1968

New York City in 1982

Hong Kong in 1988

1910	1920	1930
Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 2 2 Philadelphia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 6 2 Boston 1 3 Cincinnati 1 4 Hartford 1 5 Philadelphia 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 28 2 Chicago 11 3 Detroit 2 4 Baltimore 1 5 Boston 1 6 Cincinnati 1 7 Cleveland 1 8 Columbus 1 9 Hartford 1 10 Philadelphia 1
1940	1950	1960
Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 44 2 Chicago 12 3 Cincinnati 2 4 Detroit 2 5 Pittsburgh 2 6 Baltimore 1 7 Boston 1 8 Cleveland 1 9 Columbus 1 10 Hartford 1	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 45 2 Chicago 12 3 Boston 2 4 Cincinnati 2 5 Detroit 2 6 Pittsburgh 2 7 Baltimore 1 8 Cleveland 1 9 Columbus 1 10 Dallas 1	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 51 2 Chicago 13 3 Moscow 5 4 Pittsburgh 3 5 Boston 2 6 Cincinnati 2 7 Dallas 2 8 Detroit 2 9 Baltimore 1 10 Cleveland 1
1970	1980	1990
Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 83 2 Chicago 20 3 Moscow 5 4 Boston 5 5 Pittsburgh 5 6 San Francisco 4 7 Dallas 4 8 Houston 3 9 São Paulo 3 10 Montreal 3	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 116 2 Chicago 36 3 Houston 13 4 Boston 11 5 San Francisco 10 6 Tokyo 9 7 Los Angeles 8 8 Singapore 8 9 Detroit 7 10 Dallas 6	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 167 2 Chicago 66 3 Hong Kong 37 4 Houston 27 5 Los Angeles 19 6 Singapore 19 7 San Francisco 18 8 Dallas 18 9 Boston 15 10 Tokyo 13
2000	2010	2020
Rank City Skyscrapers 1 New York City 183 2 Hong Kong 137 3 Chicago 76 4 Shanghai 45 5 Singapore 35 6 Tokyo 35 7 Kuala Lumpur 31 8 Houston 28 9 Los Angeles 22 10 Bangkok 22	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 Hong Kong 436 2 New York City 222 3 Dubai 129 4 Shanghai 117 5 Chicago 110 6 Tokyo 107 7 Guangzhou 85 8 Shenzhen 65 9 Singapore 59 10 Bangkok 52	Rank City Skyscrapers 1 Hong Kong 535 2 Shenzhen 323 3 New York City 290 4 Dubai 232 5 Shanghai 172 6 Tokyo 162 7 Guangzhou 161 8 Chongqing 135 9 Chicago 130 10 Kuala Lumpur 130

References

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External links

• Skyscrapercenter.com
• CTBUH.com
• Emporis.com ^{[ usurped ]}
• Skyscraperpage.com