177,292 tall buildings

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Tall buildings,
tracked.

SKYDB tracks skyscrapers and tall structures worldwide. 177,292 verified tall buildings across thousands of cities. Supported by a community of editors, as seen in:

CNN
New York Times
The Guardian
Reuters
Objects
382,480
Tall buildings
177,292
Companies
53,770
Cities
10,865
Tall-Building Pipeline

The world is building up.

Live counts from 177,292 tracked tall buildings. Refreshed continuously; every record drillable to source.

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4,817
Under construction
2.7% of stock
6,920
In planning
3.9% of stock
3,734
Europe
Top region
11,737
Active pipeline
Planning + under construction
Status distribution (all tall buildings) n=177,292 · Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-10
Under construction 4,817 (2.7%) In planning 6,920 (3.9%) Vision 5,253 (3%) Existing 156,577 (88.3%) Demolished 3,725 (2.1%)
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Tall buildings under construction, random order Source: SKYDB · Updated 2026-06-10
Height 30 m
Floors 10
Year 2027
Height 42 m
Floors 12
Year
Height 60 m
Floors 17
Year
Height 120 m
Floors 36
Year 2022
Height 91 m
Floors 29
Year
Height
Floors 38
Year
Height
Floors 29
Year
Height
Floors 98
Year 2028
Height
Floors 21
Year
Height
Floors 17
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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  • Continuous on-site verification and updates
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