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Cities of the World

The world's biggest cities, ranked by their skyline. Tap a tab to re-rank by tall-structure count, the tallest structure, recent construction activity, or the demographic basics.

# City Country Tall Buildings Tallest Active Population Area
1 United States New York City United States 7,724 543 m 200 8,550,405 1,213 km²
2 China Hong Kong China 7,381 484 m 81 7,061,200 1,104 km²
3 Brazil São Paulo Brazil 6,140 170 m 302 11,316,149 1,523 km²
4 Singapore Singapore Singapore 5,234 284 m 131 5,312,400 710 km²
5 Russia Moscow Russia 3,441 405 m 93 12,228,685 2,510 km²
6 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3,248 163 m 86 6,323,037 1,260 km²
7 Japan Tokyo Japan 2,795 325 m 44 13,185,502 2,188 km²
8 Canada Toronto Canada 2,570 313 m 110 2,731,571 630 km²
9 United Kingdom London United Kingdom 2,326 306 m 305 8,787,892 1,572 km²
10 United States Chicago United States 2,073 442 m 115 2,704,958 606 km²
11 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina 1,745 235 m 35 2,891,082 203 km²
12 Russia Saint Petersburg Russia 1,698 463 m 34 5,281,579 1,403 km²
13 Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine 1,612 210 m 40 2,900,920 839 km²
14 Chile Santiago de Chile Chile 1,529 300 m 291 5,428,590 641 km²
15 Mexico Mexico City Mexico 1,490 267 m 102 8,857,188 1,485 km²
16 Japan Osaka Japan 1,404 300 m 9 2,871,680 223 km²
17 Brazil Recife Brazil 1,386 138 m 71 1,555,039 218 km²
18 Venezuela Caracas Venezuela 1,295 221 m 28 1,933,186 433 km²
19 Spain Madrid Spain 1,292 250 m 50 3,165,541 606 km²
20 United Arab Emirates Dubai United Arab Emirates 1,187 828 m 369 1,905,476 4,114 km²
21 China Shanghai China 1,049 632 m 137 23,019,148 6,341 km²
22 Australia Sydney Australia 1,049 271 m 85 4,627,345 12,145 km²
23 France Paris France 936 210 m 28 2,190,327 105 km²
24 Belarus Minsk Belarus 923 116 m 28 1,921,807 410 km²
25 Russia Yekaterinburg Russia 904 209 m 66 1,350,136 495 km²
26 Australia Melbourne Australia 888 388 m 62 4,170,000 8,806 km²
27 Canada Vancouver Canada 874 201 m 23 631,486 115 km²
28 United States Washington United States 840 96 m 43 599,657 158 km²
29 Russia Novosibirsk Russia 818 96 m 203 1,473,754 502 km²
30 Canada Montreal Canada 802 226 m 21 1,704,694 432 km²
31 United States Los Angeles United States 786 335 m 96 3,971,883 1,302 km²
32 Brazil Porto Alegre Brazil 783 107 m 89 1,509,939 497 km²
33 Sweden Stockholm Sweden 756 124 m 118 952,058 382 km²
34 Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria 742 202 m 25 1,204,685 492 km²
35 Germany Berlin Germany 724 175 m 31 3,520,031 892 km²
36 Brazil Salvador Brazil 702 154 m 110 2,676,606 706 km²
37 Brazil Fortaleza Brazil 669 96 m 72 2,315,116 314 km²
38 United States San Francisco United States 665 326 m 76 812,826 353 km²
39 Argentina Rosario Argentina 638 137 m 63 1,193,605 179 km²
40 United States Philadelphia United States 628 342 m 42 1,526,006 369 km²
41 United States Houston United States 618 305 m 27 2,145,146 1,625 km²
42 Germany Frankfurt am Main Germany 598 259 m 35 756,021 248 km²
43 Panama Panama City Panama 596 284 m 354 880,691 2,561 km²
44 Brazil Curitiba Brazil 591 153 m 40 1,764,540 431 km²
45 Russia Kazan Russia 584 122 m 59 1,143,535 425 km²
46 Brazil Belo Horizonte Brazil 568 120 m 51 2,475,440 331 km²
47 United States Boston United States 568 241 m 49 620,535 125 km²
48 Spain Barcelona Spain 562 154 m 21 1,608,746 102 km²
49 Thailand Bangkok Thailand 544 436 m 34 8,280,925 1,569 km²
50 Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic 536 109 m 5 1,262,106 496 km²
51 United States Atlanta United States 535 312 m 51 537,958 341 km²
52 Ukraine Kharkiv Ukraine 529 77 m 6 1,449,000 310 km²
53 Canada Ottawa Canada 528 143 m 32 934,243 2,778 km²
54 China Beijing China 500 528 m 23 19,612,368 16,801 km²
55 Turkey Istanbul Turkey 475 352 m 13 13,483,052 5,343 km²
56 Poland Warsaw Poland 460 310 m 49 1,753,977 517 km²
57 China Shenzhen China 455 599 m 43 10,357,938 1,992 km²
58 United States Dallas United States 450 281 m 37 1,197,816 999 km²
59 United States Seattle United States 443 284 m 69 598,541 372 km²
60 China Guangzhou China 434 530 m 28 12,700,800 7,434 km²
61 China Wuhan China 428 476 m 34 10,607,700 8,494 km²
62 China Chongqing China 425 468 m 42 28,846,170 82,401 km²
63 Brazil Goiânia Brazil 407 142 m 66 1,301,892 789 km²
64 Russia Perm Russia 406 89 m 75 991,162 808 km²
65 United States Denver United States 405 218 m 34 610,345 397 km²
66 Brazil Brasília Brazil 403 101 m 11 2,562,963 5,802 km²
67 China Tianjin China 400 597 m 121 12,938,224 11,760 km²
68 South Africa Johannesburg South Africa 390 223 m 5 1,009,035 509 km²
69 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands 380 180 m 23 584,493 326 km²
70 Kazakhstan Almaty Kazakhstan 379 162 m 159 1,421,868 325 km²
71 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 372 644 m 57 1,627,172 244 km²
72 Brazil João Pessoa Brazil 372 182 m 24 674,762 211 km²
73 Russia Samara Russia 371 126 m 27 1,164,896 466 km²
74 Russia Krasnoyarsk Russia 363 118 m 46 973,826 348 km²
75 Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 356 311 m 160 600,200 710 km²
76 United Kingdom Birmingham United Kingdom 355 132 m 14 1,074,300 268 km²
77 Canada Calgary Canada 351 247 m 16 1,239,220 826 km²
78 Romania Bucharest Romania 336 130 m 78 2,106,144 228 km²
79 Colombia Medellín Colombia 332 160 m 129 2,743,049 381 km²
80 Canada Edmonton Canada 328 249 m 15 932,546 685 km²
81 Russia Ufa Russia 327 101 m 19 1,062,319 682 km²
82 Sweden Gothenburg Sweden 326 245 m 47 572,779 448 km²
83 Germany Hamburg Germany 319 110 m 11 1,860,759 755 km²
84 Spain Málaga Spain 314 112 m 9 569,009 398 km²
85 Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay 307 158 m 6 1,319,108 209 km²
86 Russia Krasnodar Russia 307 67 709,000 838 km²
87 Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands 305 150 m 38 820,654 166 km²
88 United States Austin United States 301 311 m 28 842,592 704 km²
89 Norway Oslo Norway 300 117 m 13 666,759 454 km²
90 Russia Nizhny Novgorod Russia 299 67 m 46 1,250,615 411 km²
91 Brazil Natal Brazil 296 138 m 71 774,230 170 km²
92 United States San Diego United States 293 152 m 31 1,301,617 965 km²
93 Canada Mississauga Canada 292 260 m 5 721,599 292 km²
94 Australia Brisbane Australia 290 270 m 2 2,146,577 5,950 km²
95 United States Nashville United States 289 229 m 40 596,462 1,226 km²
96 Russia Tyumen Russia 285 75 m 73 549,900 235 km²
97 Spain Valencia Spain 284 117 m 13 790,201 135 km²
98 United States Baltimore United States 284 161 m 10 614,664 238 km²
99 United States Detroit United States 277 221 m 7 706,585 370 km²
100 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 268 106 m 21 1,001,612 405 km²
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