Most Skyscrapers # City Buildings 1. Hong Kong 7,687 2. New York City 5,633 3. São Paulo 5,180 4. Singapore 3,911 5. Seoul 2,872 6. Tokyo 2,771 7. Rio de Janeiro 2,398 8. Istanbul 2,123 9. Moscow 2,026 10. Toronto 1,721 11. Buenos Aires 1,578 12. Kyiv 1,479 13. London 1,378 14. Madrid 1,172 15. Caracas 1,118 16. Osaka 1,085 17. Chicago 1,071 18. Mexico City 1,041 19. Santiago 1,014 20. Shanghai 947 21. Recife 895 22. Mumbai 877 23. Campinas 870 24. Beijing 869 25. Sydney 826

Most Skyscrapers per Population # City Population Buildings People* 1. Benidorm 67,627 378 178 2. Balneário Camboriú 94,222 237 397 3. North Sydney 56,547 110 514 4. Miami Beach 86,916 142 612 5. Macao 453,733 596 761 6. Honolulu 377,357 429 879 7. Hong Kong 6,943,600 7,687 903 8. Arlington 204,568 221 925 9. Vitória 313,312 307 1,020 10. Vancouver 601,617 582 1,033 11. Singapore 4,351,400 3,911 1,112 12. Londrina 460,909 413 1,116 13. Gurgaon 173,542 153 1,134 14. Bilbao 354,145 301 1,176 15. Campinas 1,045,706 870 1,201 16. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 221,567 172 1,288 17. Cádiz 130,561 100 1,305 18. Alacant 322,431 242 1,332 19. Gijón 274,472 194 1,414 20. Wellington 163,824 114 1,437 21. Fort Lauderdale 185,804 129 1,440 22. Toronto 2,503,281 1,721 1,454 23. New York City 8,274,527 5,633 1,468 24. Haifa 268,300 178 1,507 25. A Coruña 242,846 155 1,566   Minimum of 100 buildings per city * = Average number of people per building (rounded)

These listing shows the World's most active cities in terms of building activity on completed high-rise buildings. All parties are welcome to reproduce this list in part or in its entirety, as long as Emporis is cited as the official source as follows: "© Emporis May 2008".