177,237 tall buildings

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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,237 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
Objects
382,297
Tall buildings
177,237
Companies
53,769
Cities
10,863
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,237 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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4,806
Under construction
2.7% of stock
6,898
In planning
3.9% of stock
3,710
Europe
Top region
11,704
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,237 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-04
Under construction 4,806 (2.7%) In planning 6,898 (3.9%) Vision 5,252 (3%) Existing 156,560 (88.3%) Demolished 3,721 (2.1%)
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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-04
Height
Floors 25
Year
Height
Floors 18
Year 2022
Height
Floors 21
Year
Height
Floors 12
Year
Height 56 m
Floors 17
Year
Height
Floors 15
Year
Height
Floors 44
Year
Height 245 m
Floors 60
Year 2022
Height
Floors 14
Year 2020
Height
Floors 13
Year 2020
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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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