Countries With the Most of the World's Tallest Buildings 2026

Source: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, via Wikipedia

Countries With the Most of the World's Tallest Buildings 2026

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Key Findings

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Mainland China leads in Buildings on the Global Tallest List with 48 in 2026.

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Average Buildings on the Global Tallest List in 2026: 6.53 · median: 2.

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Gap in 2026: Mainland China is 48× larger than Canada.

About This Dataset

Countries With the Most of the World's Tallest Buildings 2026

How the world's tallest completed buildings are distributed by country in 2026. The list covers every finished building of at least 350 metres, 98 of them at present. The count is of buildings, not of height, so a country with many 350-metre towers outranks one with a single record-breaker.

Analysis

Mainland China holds 48 of the 98 buildings on the list, 3.0 times the 16 of the United Arab Emirates, and its densest city is Shenzhen. Only 15 countries appear at all, and 78% of the buildings stand in the top three of them. 7 countries have exactly one entry. The tallest building in the leading country is Shanghai Tower, which is not the tallest on the list overall.

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15 categories · 1 year

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Mainland China

Buildings on the Global Tallest List · 2026

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Buildings on the Global Tallest List

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2026

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Methodology & source

Data source: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, via Wikipedia
Coverage: 15 entities · 2026 · 15 observations
Measure: Buildings on the Global Tallest List
Last updated: 7 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.

Rankings & Full Data

15 records · Buildings on the Global Tallest List · ranked by 2026

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#	Category	2026
🥇	Mainland China	48
🥈	United Arab Emirates	16
🥉	United States	12
4	Malaysia	4
5	Hong Kong	4
6	Russia	3
7	Saudi Arabia	2
8	South Korea	2
9	Taiwan	1
10	Vietnam	1
11	Kuwait	1
12	Egypt	1
13	Indonesia	1
14	Turkey	1
15	Canada	1

Data Sources & References

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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings Visit ↗

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ANYSTAT. (2026). Countries With the Most of the World's Tallest Buildings 2026 [Data set]. Data: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, via Wikipedia. https://anystat.ai/stats/1639/countries-with-the-most-of-the-worlds-tallest-buildings-2026-1788796763

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