177,286 tall buildings

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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,286 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
Objects
382,461
Tall buildings
177,286
Companies
53,770
Cities
10,865
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,286 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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4,816
Under construction
2.7% of stock
6,920
In planning
3.9% of stock
3,733
Europe
Top region
11,736
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,286 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-10
Under construction 4,816 (2.7%) In planning 6,920 (3.9%) Vision 5,253 (3%) Existing 156,574 (88.3%) Demolished 3,723 (2.1%)
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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-10
Height
Floors 14
Year 2012
Height 134 m
Floors 40
Year 2026
Height 76 m
Floors 20
Year 2027
Height
Floors 18
Year
Height 290 m
Floors 80
Year
Height
Floors 49
Year
Height 170 m
Floors 44
Year 2009
Height 206 m
Floors 52
Year 2028
Height
Floors 29
Year
Height 188 m
Floors 52
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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