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Nov 2, 2011

Which cities have most high-rise buildings?

Living in high-rise apartments is todays trends and need. Did the barbaric act of demolishing World Trade Centre cast any shadow on this? Certainly not because we couldn't create any more land to accommodate ever growing population on earth!
We will look upon the prominent high-rises of the world and which cities got how many!

 Shun Hing

 Willis_Tower_Chicago_Illinois_USA

Burj Dubai

 Empire State Building

 International Commerce Centre

 Makkah Clock Royal Tower

Petronas Towers
Tallest Building Timeline

This is a list of cities with the most high-rise buildings. A high-rise is defined as a structure at least 35 metres (115 ft) or 12 stories tall. Cities with 100 or more high-rise buildings are listed here. High rise buildings are found in inner city areas.


CityCountryBuildingsPopulation
Hong Kong Hong Kong7,6856,985,200
New York City United States5,9248,310,212
Sao Paulo Brazil5,66711,244,369
Singapore Singapore4,3684,839,400
Moscow Russia3,27310,452,000
Seoul South Korea2,87710,421,782
Tehran Iran2,80412,436,367
Tokyo Japan2,70213,001,279
Rio de Janeiro Brazil2,5646,161,047
Istanbul Turkey2,14811,372,613
Toronto Canada1,8682,503,281
St. Petersburg Russia1,7704,568,000
Buenos Aires Argentina1,7093,050,728
Kiev Ukraine1,5312,819,566
London United Kingdom1,4787,556,900
Osaka Japan1,4632,643,805
Mexico City Mexico1,3648,836,045
Mumbai India1,22311,914,398
Madrid Spain1,1273,213,271
Chicago United States1,1252,836,658
Caracas Venezuela1,1092,762,259
Bangkok Thailand1,1069,653,987
Recife Brazil1,1031,549,980
Santiago Chile1,0944,985,893
Shanghai China9909,145,711
Campinas Brazil9311,056,644
Beijing China89912,746,519
Sydney Australia8454,399,722
Curitiba Brazil8151,797,408
Minsk Belarus8081,830,700
Yekaterinburg Russia7921,323,000
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia7251,887,674
Manila Philippines70211,553,427
Paris France6822,167,994
Porto Alegre Brazil6741,420,667
Milan Italy6661,294,797
Vancouver Canada631578,041
Sofia Bulgaria6311,404,458
Rosario Argentina6271,157,372
Dubai United Arab Emirates5682,262,000
Macau Macau564546,200
Melbourne Australia5554,200,000
Chongging China5396,300,000
Kharkiv Ukraine5221,461,000
Los Angeles United States5044,234,340
Guangzhou China5037,607,200
Wuhan China4794,550,000
Montreal Canada4751,620,693
Barcelona Spain4631,615,908
Honolulu United States439953,207
San Francisco United States417799,185
Ankara Turkey4164,751,360
Jakarta Indonesia3928,489,910
Benidorm Spain39067,627
Houston United States3602,208,180
Shenzhen China3571,245,000
Ottawa Canada351812,129
Novosibirsk Russia3481,425,508
Bogotá Colombia3466,776,009
Kolkata India3414,486,679
Philadelphia United States3301,449,634
Washington United States330588,292
Berlin Germany3263,429,300
Rotterdam Netherlands303584,046
Bilbao Spain302354,145
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic3002,552,398
Valencia Spain292810,064
Malaga Spain298576,725
Miami United States295424,662
Tianjin China28911,760,000
Frankfurt Germany285670,095
Gold Coast City Australia281469,214
Calgary Canada260988,193
Brisbane Australia2521,945,639
San Juan Puerto Rico252434,374
Dallas United States2461,266,372
Edmonton Canada244730,372
Boston United States237608,352
Arlington United States232204,568
Atlanta United States231420,003
Mississauga Canada228668,549
Seattle United States222594,210
Brussels Belgium2081,134,638
Auckland New Zealand205404,658
Denver United States204588,349
Glasgow United Kingdom192662 954
Minneapolis United States192377,392
Dhaka Bangladesh1907,000,940
Detroit United States170916,952
Birmingham United Kingdom163965 928
Baltimore United States159640,150
Miami Beach United States15087,925
St. Louis United States150355,663
San Diego United States1491,266,731
Perth Australia1451,602,559
Manchester United Kingdom137432 474
Fort Lauderdale United States136183,606
Adelaide Australia1361,172,105
Las Vegas United States135558,880
Pittsburgh United States133311,218
Burnaby Canada132193,954
Winnipeg Canada132619,544
Portland United States129550,396
Cincinnati United States126332,458
Austin United States119743,074
Cleveland United States118438,042
Leeds United Kingdom118715 000
London Canada116470,000
Wellington New Zealand116163,824
Hamilton Canada115504,559
Milwaukee United States114604,477
Nashville United States114590,807
Kansas City United States112475,830
New Orleans United States107288,113
North Sydney Australia10761,802
Newark United States100278,980
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