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Countries with the Most Skyscrapers per Capita

Name the countries of the world that have the most skyscrapers per million people.
Defined as a building of at least 150 meters in height
Quiz by Jack03Skora
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Last updated: January 3, 2023
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First submittedMarch 1, 2019
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Per Million
Country
33.4
United Arab Emirates
27.8
Monaco
17.4
Qatar
15.8
Singapore
14.9
Panama
12.2
Bahrain
7.79
Malaysia
Per Million
Country
5.44
Australia
5.33
South Korea
3.96
Kuwait
3.42
Canada
2.75
Israel
2.54
United States
2.20
Japan
Per Million
Country
2.08
China
1.74
Thailand
1.59
Taiwan
1.09
Saudi Arabia
1.08
Philippines
0.80
Cyprus
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Level 62
Mar 1, 2019
Monaco with 39,000 citizens and 1 skyscraper above 150m haha ;)
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Level 75
May 31, 2023
The Vatican has 2.27 popes per square kilometer!
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Level 75
Mar 1, 2019
At least another minute would be good. I felt like I was typing the whole time and I only got to 16 by the end.
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Level ∞
Mar 1, 2019
Increased the time to 4 minutes which is the typical amount for quizzes of this length.
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Level 70
Mar 1, 2019
I can not reproduce the numbers when using the same sources. Please be aware that the initial list of skyscraper data contains also buildings which are jut proposed for future construction.
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Level 73
Mar 1, 2019
You're probably looking at the 100 meter buildings. The website does show many incomplete buildings but the list I looked at only had completed structures.
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Level 70
Mar 12, 2019
I clicked on the left on the country names to see the complete list. But you are right about the sykscraper numbers, the first list only counts completed buildings. I still have some issues with reproducing the numbers but this is now due to the continously changing population sizes. Nevermind.^^
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Level ∞
Mar 18, 2021
The quiz is accurate based on the listed sources.
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Level 80
Mar 2, 2019
I was actually surprised by China, given its vast population.
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Level 70
Mar 6, 2019
China has SO many skyscrapers though.
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Level 24
Apr 17, 2019
I thought it was just a bunch of huge factories.
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Level 65
Jun 1, 2021
"Made in China"
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Level 54
Jun 15, 2021
Having lived there for a bit, most people live in high rises. Their suburbs are not like those seen in North America and Europe, they're mostly high rise apartment complexes.
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Level 93
Mar 4, 2019
Originally the term meant more than 10 stories (138ft) but that doesn't seem so high these days.
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Level 75
Apr 17, 2019
Without steel and elevators, that would be pretty high.
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Level 82
Mar 5, 2019
For those interested, were Hong Kong an independent country it would easily top this list at 1 per 21,000.
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Level 63
Mar 12, 2019
Oh Monaco, you so random.
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Level 79
Apr 17, 2019
Not really..
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Level 48
Sep 26, 2020
Yes really....
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Level 65
Jun 1, 2021
Not really. You can expect most rich per capita nations to have at least one skyscraper....
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Level 71
Jun 1, 2021
There are pretty few European countries on here even though European countries are rich. In general, Asian countries seem more interested in building skyscrapers. Monaco doesn't surprise me, but I just want to point this out.
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Level 58
Jul 16, 2021
Monaco has only 2km² of territory and lot of people who want to live here so...
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Level 86
Apr 17, 2019
Wow . . . thought it was cities instead of countries . . . the funny thing is, I actually got two right.
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Level 88
Apr 17, 2019
Yeah I had the same problem at first. I finally figured it out after I had wasted half the time.
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Level 79
Dec 1, 2019
Monaco and Singapore, huh?
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Level 69
Apr 17, 2019
If St. Peter's Basilica were a few metres higher then the Vatican City would easily top this list, without having a single building that anybody would describe as a skyscraper.
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Level 64
Jun 1, 2023
I support this idea
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Level 82
Apr 17, 2019
::facepalm:: got everything except the Philippines. I was living in the Philippines for most of the past two years!
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Level 76
Apr 17, 2019
Panama was an absolute random guess. When I got that and the game stopped, I first thought my time was up, but then I looked to find the timer at 0:04. :)
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Level 74
Apr 17, 2019
Panama City skyline surprises many!
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Level 75
Apr 17, 2019
I was shocked when I flew in. I had had no idea it would look anything like that.
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Level 28
Oct 19, 2023
i just guessed Panama because i remembered a round in GeoGuessr in Panama City in which some buildings looked pretty damn high
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Level 66
Apr 17, 2019
Shouldn't the title be "People per Skyscraper"?
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2019
No, it would be fewest people per skyscraper. Fewest people per skyscraper and most skyscrapers per person are logically equivalent, it is just easier to list people per skyscraper because the numbers will be greater than 1 and can be approximated to integers, rather than having a number like 0.000026 skyscrapers per person.
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Level 53
Apr 17, 2019
Turkey has 1.4 million skyscrapers per person lol.
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2019
No, 1.4 million people per skyscraper.
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Level 79
Apr 17, 2019
That's the wrong way round.
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Level 66
Nov 17, 2021
Ah yes, the 118 trillion skyscrapers of Turkey.
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Level 52
Apr 17, 2019
The title is wrong - should be people per skyscraper
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2019
See above.
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Level 65
Jun 1, 2021
What do you think capita means???
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Level 48
Apr 17, 2019
I came from a city quiz so I spent 2 minutes trying to guess cities for this. Only realized what was wrong once only Singapore and Monaco were guessed correctly and everything else was empty.
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Level 66
Sep 19, 2019
Interesting data. They dont per see match up with rich countries and good economy ( though many would be on that, but also many of thóse lists are absent here). Maybe the common factor is, countries that really want to grow fast?
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Level 28
May 18, 2021
Countries with concentrated wealth, I would guess, rather than distributed wealth
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Level 58
Jun 1, 2021
A lot of the richest countries are in Europe and most european nations don't seem to like skyscrapers that much...

could you imagine Luxembourg or Liechtenstein with skyscrapers? I still tried monaco but I was surprised to find it on the list - must be a single building over 150m...

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Level 62
Jun 3, 2021
It's mostly the rich countries without most European ones. Skyscrapers don't look good among those smaller historical buildings.
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Level 76
Sep 17, 2020
Be right back, gonna go to Monaco to buy a skyscraper with my 39,000 servants
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Level 28
May 18, 2021
Panama - anything to do with it being a tax haven?
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Level 62
Jun 1, 2021
I looked this up and found this statement:

"Beyond the fast-growing economy, Panama City has many attributes that make it ideal location for tall building development. There are no hurricanes or earthquake zones, which can wreak havoc on the engineering and construction costs of skyscraper projects."

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Level 54
Jun 1, 2021
Wtf, Panama is so extremely random and it's #4
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Level 62
Jun 1, 2021
It seems random but if you look at Panama City's skyline, you'll understand why. It's like the Hong Kong of Central America.
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Level 44
Jun 1, 2021
I forgot to type Unitd States...
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Level 77
Oct 13, 2021
I forgot China.
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Level 72
Jun 1, 2021
China having more skyscrapers per capita than Taiwan is extremely surprising to me
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Level 59
Jun 1, 2021
missed singapore
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Level 64
Jun 3, 2021
I think the building in the thumbnail is in Singapore...
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Level 82
Jun 1, 2021
UAE being #1 on the list is no at all surprising. Dubai has so many skyscrapers but the city feels so oddly empty in most places most of the time. You get the sense that they are building up not because they need to due to urban density, but more just to show off.
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Level 64
Jun 2, 2021
I somewhat agree. I was living there when the oil & gas price crashed and I believe the population declined quite a bit as foreign workers returned to their countries. Despite this, they were still building all over the place.

I am no expert but I would suspect that this might be because they needed a strong construction sector to make up for the shortfall in O&G, they were planning for the future in anticipation that the workers would return, and of course...showing off.

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Level 47
Dec 15, 2023
This is *partially* true, the Gulf economies are unique when it comes to growth because they don't really build high up due to lack of space, but mostly to attract investments and for people to migrate and live in those buildings, the populations are so small for how large their economies are that they literally have to build up and "import" people, this same phenomenon is found in Singapore and some Chinese cities like Chongqing for example.
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Level 85
Jan 3, 2023
compensating??
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Level 65
Jun 5, 2021
Nepal?

Their's no any house in lower then 150 meters!

Just a joke.

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Level 68
Jan 3, 2023
You could've cut it off at 1/million but noooooo you just had to put in Cyprus of all countries
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Level 67
Jan 4, 2023
Cyprus isn't even a real country.
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Level 68
Jan 4, 2023
I think that solves the Cyprus debate
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Level 71
Jan 4, 2023
Tallest building in Denmark is only 142 meters and I don't think we'll see any skyscrabers anytime soon. People here don't want them to overshadow the old church spears. I like how they do in in cities like Paris with La defense and keep the new and tall buildings in secluded areas, so the old areas of the city can keeep its charm.
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Level 64
Jan 4, 2023
New Zealand should be here, 5 buildings taller than 150m (not including towers), and 5 million people… also there is 1 more almost completed, which should raise it to 6.
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Level 79
Jan 7, 2023
I never would have guessed Panama or Cyprus.
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Level 70
Feb 4, 2023
Cyprus caught me COMPLETELY off guard.

Panama makes enough sense if you've seen pictures of its capital. I believe it has many of the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America. It was one of my first guesses because of that.

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Level 68
May 28, 2023
Probably the only per capita quiz with China
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Level 64
May 28, 2023
Again, New Zealand needs to be added.

There are now 6 buildings that are at least 150m, with 1 under construction that is almost there, which will increase it to 7. New Zealand has a population of ~5.1 million, which means that currently it has 1.17 skyscrapers per million people, which should put it just above Saudi Arabia.

Please add this, thanks.

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Level 42
May 28, 2023
I don't know how I managed to get Panama and Cyprus while also forgetting Saudi Arabia.
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Level 57
May 28, 2023
Aren't most quizzes accepting US for United States? I don't remember having to type it out for others.
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Level ∞
May 28, 2023
No. We do accept USA however.
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Level 48
May 28, 2023
I got Monaco but I blanked on Singapore. That was after guessing all the other ones in SE Asia.

Major FAIL!!

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Level 63
May 29, 2023
The title contains the word “the” twice in a row.

Didn’t expect some of those answers at all.

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Level ∞
May 29, 2023
Fixed the the title
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Level 87
Mar 5, 2024
Perhaps one influencing factor for Panama is the close ties they had for many years with the USA? When my ship transited the canal in 1999 we had to fly the Stars and Stripes as we were on US sovereign territory.

PS: The Panamanians now run the canal much better than the yanks did…