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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,172 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
382,107
Objects
177,172
Tall buildings
53,769
Companies
10,859
Cities
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,172 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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4,804
Under construction
2.7% of stock
7,007
In planning
4% of stock
3,808
Europe
Top region
11,811
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,172 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-05-25
Under construction 4,804 (2.7%) In planning 7,007 (4%) Vision 5,220 (2.9%) Existing 156,435 (88.3%) Demolished 3,706 (2.1%)
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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-05-25
Height 197 m
Floors 49
Year
Height
Floors 16
Year
Height
Floors 17
Year
Height
Floors 16
Year 2008
Height
Floors 10
Year
Height 42 m
Floors 12
Year
Height
Floors 15
Year
Height
Floors 15
Year 2022
Height
Floors 16
Year
Height
Floors 11
Year
Tall Buildings Completed or Under Construction

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RANKCITYCOUNTRYCOUNTRELATIVE DENSITY
01 Philippines Makati PhilippinesPhilippines 9.7 / km² 210structures 9.7 / km²
02 France Paris FranceFrance 8.7 / km² 916structures 8.7 / km²
03 Argentina Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina 8.5 / km² 1,721structures 8.5 / km²
04 Canada Vancouver CanadaCanada 7.2 / km² 826structures 7.2 / km²
05 Singapore Singapore SingaporeSingapore 7.1 / km² 5,026structures 7.1 / km²
06 China Hong Kong ChinaChina 6.6 / km² 7,304structures 6.6 / km²
07 Japan Osaka JapanJapan 6.2 / km² 1,387structures 6.2 / km²
08 Brazil Recife BrazilBrazil 6.1 / km² 1,328structures 6.1 / km²
09 United States New York City United StatesUnited States 5.9 / km² 7,126structures 5.9 / km²
10 Spain Barcelona SpainSpain 5.3 / km² 535structures 5.3 / km²
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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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