The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released data chronicling the prevalence of buildings with total heights taller than 150 meters (492 feet) in major metropolitan areas across the world.

The statistics speak to several yearslong industry-wide trends as well as a preference for the recently-halted practice of (extremely) tall-building in China, which had more entries in the Top 25 (10, excluding Hong Kong) than the United States, Canada, and Australia put together. 

Dubai has by far the largest stock of 300-meter (984 feet) or more structures at 28. New York, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are the only cities with 10 or more in the same category. Australia’s largest city, Sydney, had fewer overall entries than the Philippines city of Makati, despite hosting a population almost tenfold its size. London was one of only two UK metros listed. 

The new overall Top 10 reads as follows:

1. Hong Kong (546 150m+, 94 200m+, 6 300m+)
2. Shenzhen (351 150m+,  121 200m+, 15 300m+)
3. New York (303 150m+, 92 200m+, 15 300m+)
4. Dubai (241 150m+, 107 200m+, 28 300m+)
5. Shanghai (180 150m+, 60 200m+, 5 300m+)
6. Guangzhou (175 150m+, 46  200m+, 10 300m+)
7. Tokyo (167 150m+, 33 200m+, 0 300m+)
8. Kuala Lumpur (153 150m+, 51 200m+, 5 300m+)
9. Chongqing (140 150m+, 54 200m+, 4 300m+)
10. Chicago (134 150m+, 34 200m+, 7 300m+)

Some recent American projects included in the accounting are KPF’s One Vanderbilt Avenue, the St. Regis Chicago residences from Studio Gang, and Seattle’s cascading 59-story Rainier Square mixed-use development by NBBJ. Malaysia's Merdeka 118 tower, now the world's second-tallest building, leads a group of new international entries that also includes BIG's 2021 'Best Tall Building Worldwide' winning Vancouver House. 

The survey's entire data set can be accessed here.