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Most of this list was compiled from Emporis.com and other sites by Paul Kazmierczak. The 2008 rankings [#] are added in the 1st column for comparison. See Emporis.com's skyline ranking for a similar list made with slightly different rules. Of course, we believe our list is better. See the rules.
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Change of rules: we only count u/c buildings then they are topped out. In prior versions all u/c buildings were counted.
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| Ranking [old] | Points | CITY update 2006-2007, 2008, 2009 | Country | Buildings >90 m | highest scoring building (height) | |
| [1] 1 | 84922 | Hong Kong | China | 3018 | International Commerce Centre (484m, u/c) | |
| [2] 2 | 35811 | New York (inc Jersey City, Fort Lee, Guttenburg) | USA | 866 | One World Trade Center (417m)will be listed as tribute to 9/11 victims until topping-out of new WTC1 | |
| [4] 3 | 19670 | Tokyo (inc Kawaguchi, Kawasaki, Ichikawa) | Japan | 636 | Mid Town Tower (248m) | |
| [5] 4 | 18129 | Shanghai | China | 539 | Shanghai World Financial Cnter (492m) | |
| [6] 5 | 16426 | Chicago | USA | 339 | Willis Tower (442m) | |
| [3] 6 | 15262 | Dubai | UAE | 263 | Burj Dubai (818m, u/c) | |
| [7] 7 | 13375 | Bangkok | Thailand | 421 | Baiyoke Tower II (304m) | |
| [8] 8 | 10368 | Guangzhou | China | 342 | Guangzhou Twin Tower, West Tower (437m, u/c) | |
| [9] 9 | 8849 | Chongqing | China | 357 | Chongqing World Trade Center (283m) | |
| [10] 10 | 7923 | Shenzhen | China | 240 | Shun Hing Square (384m) | |
| [11] 11 | 7697 | Singapore | Singapore | 329 | Republic Plaza (280m) | |
| [13] 12 | 7674 | Kuala Lumpur (inc Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya) | Malaysia | 221 | Petronas Tower 1 (452m) | |
| [12] 13 | 7195 | Seoul | South Korea | 264 | Tower Palace Three, Tower G (264m) | |
| [16] 14 | 6598 | Manila (metro inc. Makati, Mandaluyong, Ortigas, Quezon City) | Philippines | 175 | PBCOM Tower (259m) | |
| [15] 15 | 6053 | Toronto (inc. Mississauga) | Canada | 222 | First Bank Tower (298m) | |
| [19] 16 | 5590 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 180 | Wisma 46 (250m) | |
| [18] 17 | 5473 | Osaka (inc. Sakai, Amagasaka) | Japan | 149 | Osaka World Trade Center (252m) | |
| [20] 18 | 5371 | Beijing | China | 258 | China World Trade Center Tower 3 (330m) | |
| [23] 19 | 4909 | Miami (inc Miami Beach) | USA | 112 | Four Seasons Hotel & Tower (240m) | |
| [22] 20 | 4903 | Nanjing | China | 98 | Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (380m, u/c) | |
| [24] 21 | 4812 | Houston (inc Pasadena) | USA | 114 | JPMorganChase Tower (305m) | |
| [25] 22 | 4693 | Sydney (inc. N. Sydney, Chatswood, Bondi, St. Leonards) | Australia | 137 | Chifley Tower (244m) | |
| [17] 23 | 4411 | Moscow | Russia | 152 | Moscow, City of Capitals (300m, u/c) | |
| [26] 24 | 3978 | São Paulo | Brazil | 289 | Mirante do Vale (170m) | |
| [28] 25 | 3842 | Los Angeles (inc Burbank, El Segundo, W Hollywood) | USA | 90 | US Bank Tower (310m) | |
| [29] 26 | 3626 | Melbourne | Australia | 105 | Eureka Tower (297m) | |
| [30] 27 | 3564 | Atlanta (inc Vinnings, North Atlanta) | USA | 90 | Bank of America Plaza (312m) | |
| [31] 28 | 3435 | San Francisco | USA | 102 | Transamerica Pyramid (260m) | |
| [14] 29 | 3274 | Panama City | Panama | 101 | Ocean Two (236m, u/c) | |
| [34] 30 | 2959 | Wuhan | China | 155 | Minsheng Bank Building (331m) | |
| [35] 31 | 2894 | Las Vegas | USA | 61 | Fontainebleau Resort Hotel (224m, u/c) | |
| [33] 32 | 2859 | Dalian | China | 83 | Dalian Futures Square 1 (263m) | |
| [27] 33 | 2798 | Tianjin | China | 70 | Tianjin Junlin Tianxia Building (239m, u/c) | |
| [32] 34 | 2764 | Mumbai (Bombay) | India | 94 | The Imperial Tower 1 (249m, u/c) | |
| [39] 35 | 2762 | Dallas (inc Las Colinas of Irving) | USA | 66 | Bank of America Plaza (281m) | |
| [21] 36 | 2754 | Macau | China | 122 | Grand Lisboa (258m) | |
| [37] 37 | 2665 | Mexico City | Mexico | 104 | Torre Mayor (225m) | |
| [43] 38 | 2638 | Philadelphia (inc Camden) | USA | 69 | Comcast Center (297m) | |
| [41] 39 | 2617 | Paris (inc La Defense & périphérique suburbs) | France | 111 | Tour Montparnasse (210m) | |
| [54] 40 | 2579 | Hangzhou | China | 74 | Zhejiang Fortune Financial Center West Tower (258m, u/c) | |
| [53] 41 | 2530 | Wuxi | China | 72 | Hongdou International Plaza (248m, u/c) | |
| [36] 42 | 2432 | Istanbul | Turkey | 85 | Sapphire (261m, u/c) | |
| [38] 43 | 2430 | Busan | South Korea | 52 | Centumstar (210m) | |
| [49] 44 | 2330 | Boston (inc Cambridge) | USA | 57 | Hancock Place (241m) | |
| [46] 45 | 2274 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 109 | Torre Cavia (173m, u/c) | |
| [45] 46 | 2246 | Qingdao | China | 64 | Qingdao International Finance Center (249m) | |
| [51] 47 | 2202 | Seattle | USA | 52 | Columbia Center (285m) | |
| [44] 48 | 2118 | Calgary | Canada | 66 | Petro-Canada Centre - West Tower (215m) | |
| [50] 49 | 2086 | Chengdu | China | 100 | Sichuan Aerospace Tower (170m) | |
| [59] 50 | 1993 | Taipei (inc Chungho, Panchou, Yungho) | Taiwan | 57 | Taipei 101 (509m) | |
| [40] 51 | 1894 | Doha | Qatar | 35 | Aspire Tower (300m) | |
| [58] 52 | 1776 | Frankfurt | Germany | 38 | Commerzbank Tower (259m) | |
| [57] 53 | 1713 | Brisbane | Australia | 57 | Aurora (207m) | |
| [64] 54 | 1675 | Montreal (inc Longueuil) | Canada | 62 | Le 1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque (226m) | |
| [63] 55 | 1644 | Rio de Janeiro (inc Niterói) | Brazil | 94 | Rio Sul Center (163m) | |
| [60] 56 | 1628 | Tel Aviv (inc Ramat Gan, Givataiym, Bnei Brak) | Israel | 52 | City Gate Ramat Gan (244m) | |
| [42] 57 | 1596 | Shenyang | China | 75 | Wanxin International (238m) | |
| [65] 58 | 1592 | Caracas | Venezuela | 65 | Parque Central Torre Este (221m) | |
| [67] 59 | 1580 | Minneapolis | USA | 35 | IDS Tower (241m) | |
| [52] 60 | 1576 | London | UK | 48 | One Canada Square (235m) | |
| [68] 61 | 1573 | Honolulu, HI | USA | 89 | First Hawaiian Center (131m) | |
| [61] 62 | 1550 | Vancouver (inc Burnaby, N. Vancouver) | Canada | 103 | Living Shangri-La (201m) | |
| [69] 63 | 1497 | Denver (inc. Glendale) | USA | 45 | Republic Plaza (218m) | |
| [56] 64 | 1482 | Xiamen | China | 81 | China Construction Bank Building (191m) | |
| [66] 65 | 1442 | Sharjah (Dubai metro) | UAE | 31 | Al Ayaan Sharjah Gate Tower (224m) | |
| [62] 66 | 1409 | Gold Coast (Surfer's Paradise) | Australia | 66 | Q1 Tower (323m) | |
| [48] 67 | 1400 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 30 | Arraya 2 (300m) | |
| [71] 68 | 1377 | Yokohama (Tokyo metro) | Japan | 54 | Yokohama Landmark Tower (296m) | |
| [55] 69 | 1364 | Suzhou (Shanghai metro) | China | 44 | Suzhou International Commerce City West Tower (224m, u/c) | |
| [72] 70 | 1336 | Detroit (inc Southfield, Windsor) | USA | 42 | Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center (221m) | |
| [74] 71 | 1290 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 30 | Tunex Sky Tower (348m) | |
| [73] 72 | 1289 | Pittsburgh | USA | 31 | U.S. Steel Tower (256m) | |
| [70] 73 | 1245 | Recife | Brazil | 96 | Freguesia de Casa Forte (131m, u/c) | |
| [77] 74 | 1165 | Kobe (Osaka metro) | Japan | 41 | Kansai Electric Power Company Kobe Branch (170m) | |
| [75] 75 | 1155 | Cairo | Egypt | 44 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (143m) | |
| [78] 76 | 1094 | Sunny Isles Beach (Miami metro) | USA | 22 | Jade Beach (175m) | |
| [80] 77 | 1080 | Fuzhou | China | 35 | Fujian Power Dispatching and Communication Building (196m) | |
| [82] 78 | 1003 | Jinan | China | 39 | Pearl Int'l Business Mansion (188m) | |
| [79] 79 | 1002 | Xian | China | 46 | Shaanxi Information Mansion (228m) | |
| [85] 80 | 952 | Nagoya | Japan | 21 | Midland Square (247m) | |
| [88] 81 | 942 | Madrid | Spain | 18 | Torre Caja Madrid (250m) | |
| [87] 82 | 941 | San Diego | USA | 32 | One America Plaza (152m) | |
| [81] 83 | 921 | Charlotte | USA | 23 | Bank of America Corporate Center (265m) | |
| [97] 84 | 916 | Changsha | China | 26 | Changsha No.2 Telecom Hinge Building (218m) | |
| [89] 85 | 909 | Johannesburg (inc. Sandton) | South Africa | 26 | Carlton Centre Office Tower (223m) | |
| [93] 86 | 886 | New Orleans | USA | 24 | One Shell Square (212m) | |
| [96] 87 | 828 | Cleveland | USA | 17 | Key Tower (289m) | |
| [95] .. | 828 | Manama | Bahrain | 10 | Dual Tower 1 (260m) | |
| [83] 89 | 824 | Shijiazhuang | China | 35 | Shijiazhuang No.2 Telecommunication Hub Building (213m, u/c) | |
| [109] 90 | 823 | Ankara | Turkey | 47 | Portakal Cicegi Tower (160m, u/c) | |
| [98] 91 | 812 | Incheon (Seoul metro) | South Korea | 6 | Northeast Asia Trade Tower (305m, u/c) | |
| [103] 92 | 805 | Taichung | Taiwan | 18 | Shr-Hwa International Tower (192m) | |
| [100] 93 | 772 | Bogotá | Colombia | 24 | Torre Colpatria (196m) | |
| [47] 94 | 738 | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 18 | Sky Tower (310m, u/c) | |
| [106] 95 | 721 | Curitiba | Brazil | 61 | Evolution Corporate (137m) | |
| [84] 96 | 707 | Nanchang | China | 22 | Xiqi International Hotel (186m) | |
| [99] 97 | 704 | Ningbo | China | 27 | Ningbo International Trade Center (220m, u/c) | |
| [107] 98 | 698 | Columbus, OH | USA | 17 | Rhodes State Office Tower (192m) | |
| [101] 99 | 685 | Warsaw | Poland | 20 | Palace of Culture and Science (231m) | |
| [76] 100 | 677 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 55 | Kviv TV Tower (385m) | |
| 489665 | WORLD TOTAL | 16259 |
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