177,244 tall buildings

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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,244 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
Objects
382,307
Tall buildings
177,244
Companies
53,769
Cities
10,863
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,244 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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4,809
Under construction
2.7% of stock
6,897
In planning
3.9% of stock
3,711
Europe
Top region
11,706
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,244 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-06
Under construction 4,809 (2.7%) In planning 6,897 (3.9%) Vision 5,253 (3%) Existing 156,563 (88.3%) Demolished 3,722 (2.1%)
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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-06
Height
Floors 13
Year
Height 226 m
Floors 57
Year 2021
Height 175 m
Floors 53
Year 2023
Height
Floors 15
Year
Height 597 m
Floors 117
Year 2027
Height 65 m
Floors 22
Year
Height
Floors 18
Year
Height
Floors 38
Year
Height 98 m
Floors 31
Year 2021
Height
Floors 15
Year
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Every building entry on SKYDB is reviewed by one of our expert editors. They verify height claims, photograph construction progress, cross-check sources, and resolve disputes between conflicting data points. The result: a database where every data point can be traced back to a human expert.

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