Tall Buildings

Timeline

Using 100 meters as a height threshold, this animated map explores how quickly tall buildings have proliferated across the globe, starting with North America in the first half of the 20th century and rapidly expanding outward. As of August 2024, CTBUH has cataloged over 15,000 such buildings.¹

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Tall Buildings in Select Urban Areas

Urban agglomerations have grown vertically at uneven paces, influenced by external forces such as geopolitics, economic conditions, and migration patterns over time. While legacy tall cities such as New York City and Chicago have steadily grown over the past century, emergent tall cities in Asia and the Middle East have seen rapid and unprecedented construction over the last 20 years. As we look towards 2030, Anglosphere cities such as Toronto, London, Sydney, and Brisbane are expected to have the largest growth in tall buildings.

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Explore Tall Buildings and Density

Use the map below to explore 100m+ buildings and their relationship to 2020 population density worldwide. Click the arrows in the top left of the map to turn layers on and off, and the basemap selector in the bottom left to switch to a different map view.

¹Although CTBUH has amassed data on over 15,000 buildings above 100 meters in height, thousands more are yet to be added to our database. If you would like to add a building to our database, please use our public submission portal at skyscrapercenter.com/submit