The World’s Skyscrapers

The follwing listing shows the World’s most active cities in terms of building activity on completed high-rise buildings.

Cities Worldwide

Most Skyscrapers # City Buildings 1. Hong Kong 7,422 2. New York City 5,444 3. Singapore 3,503 4. São Paulo 3,014 5. Seoul 2,831 6. Istanbul 2,093 7. Tokyo 2,092 8. Rio de Janeiro 1,925 9. Toronto 1,614 10. Buenos Aires 1,438 11. London 1,295 12. Chicago 1,043 13. Sydney 806 14. Osaka 740 15. Mexico City 723 16. Bangkok 710 17. Caracas 670 18. Madrid 651 19. Milan 646 20. Curitiba 628 21. Shanghai 549 22. Mumbai 529 23. Vancouver 520 24. Kuala Lumpur 517 25. Moscow 456

Most Skyscrapers per Population # City Population Buildings People* 1. Benidorm 64,956 331 196 2. Balneário Camboriú 80429 150 536 3. North Sydney 56,547 100 565 4. Miami Beach 89,312 131 681 5. Honolulu 380,149 424 896 6. Hong Kong 6,787,000 7,422 914 7. Singapore 3,437,300 3,503 981 8. Arlington 186,117 170 1,094 9. Vancouver 582,045 520 1,119 10. Vitória 299,357 261 1,146 11. Bilbao 352,317 301 1,170 12. Londrina 460,909 371 1,242 13. Santa Cruz 220,700 169 1,305 14. Fort Lauderdale 162,917 115 1,416 15. New York City 8,115,135 5,444 1,490 16. Toronto 2,481,494 1,614 1,537 17. Haifa 270,400 167 1,619 18. L’ Hospitalet de Llobregat 250,536 142 1,764 19. Gold Coast City 418,438 230 1,819 20. Milan 1,182,693 646 1,830 21. Tel Aviv – Yaffo 363,100 198 1,833 22. San Juan 433,412 230 1,884 23. Minneapolis 373,188 189 1,974 24. Miami 376,815 190 1,983 25. Malaga 547,731 276 1,984 Minimum of 100 buildings per city * = Average number of people per building (rounded)