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.
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.
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.^^
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.
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.
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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?
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...
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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...
"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."
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.
Their's no any house in lower then 150 meters!
Just a joke.
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.
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.
Major FAIL!!
Didn’t expect some of those answers at all.
PS: The Panamanians now run the canal much better than the yanks did…