Countries

View information on countries around the world using the list below. To see detailed information on a country, click its name to view its country page.

					Number of Buildings
Rank	Country	Population Source: United Nations	Area Source: United Nations	Density	150m+	200m+	300m+	Tallest City Based on Aggregate Building Height (150m+)
1	China	1,353,821,000	9,706,961 M km² 3,747,861 M mi²	139 people per km² 361 people per mi²	3,656	1,364	134	Hong Kong
2	United States	317,518,000	9,833,517 M km² 3,796,725 M mi²	32 people per km² 84 people per mi²	934	256	33	New York City
3	United Arab Emirates	5,473,972	83,600 M km² 32,278 M mi²	65 people per km² 170 people per mi²	367	163	38	Dubai
4	Malaysia	30,073,353	328,550 M km² 126,853 M mi²	92 people per km² 237 people per mi²	330	83	7	Kuala Lumpur
5	Japan	127,103,388	364,500 M km² 140,734 M mi²	349 people per km² 903 people per mi²	289	56	2	Tokyo
6	South Korea	50,219,669	100,339 M km² 38,741 M mi²	500 people per km² 1,296 people per mi²	281	80	7	Seoul
7	Canada	33,476,688	9,984,670 M km² 3,855,085 M mi²	3 people per km² 9 people per mi²	190	47	0	Toronto
8	Australia	23,836,540	7,692,024 M km² 2,969,893 M mi²	3 people per km² 8 people per mi²	168	62	2	Melbourne
9	India	1,192,280,000	3,287,263 M km² 1,269,214 M mi²	363 people per km² 939 people per mi²	146	52	1	Mumbai
10	Thailand	67,070,000	510,890 M km² 197,255 M mi²	131 people per km² 340 people per mi²	146	42	3	Bangkok
11	Indonesia	237,556,363	1,910,931 M km² 737,811 M mi²	124 people per km² 322 people per mi²	139	52	2	Jakarta
12	Philippines	94,013,200	300,000 M km² 115,830 M mi²	313 people per km² 812 people per mi²	134	44	0	Makati
13	Singapore	5,076,700	723 M km² 279 M mi²	7,022 people per km² 18,186 people per mi²	103	35	0	Singapore
14	Brazil	201,032,714	8,515,767 M km² 3,287,941 M mi²	24 people per km² 61 people per mi²	82	7	0	Balneário Camboriú
15	Russia	141,927,297	17,098,240 M km² 6,601,637 M mi²	8 people per km² 21 people per mi²	79	29	7	Moscow
16	Türkiye	81,619,392	769,630 M km² 297,154 M mi²	106 people per km² 275 people per mi²	79	16	1	Istanbul
17	Panama	3,405,813	75,320 M km² 29,081 M mi²	45 people per km² 117 people per mi²	68	25	0	Panama City
18	Qatar	1,696,563	11,627 M km² 4,489 M mi²	146 people per km² 378 people per mi²	58	30	3	Doha
19	Mexico	112,322,757	1,964,375 M km² 758,446 M mi²	57 people per km² 148 people per mi²	56	14	1	Mexico City
20	United Kingdom	63,181,775	242,495 M km² 93,627 M mi²	261 people per km² 675 people per mi²	53	13	1	London
21	Saudi Arabia	29,195,895	2,206,714 M km² 852,013 M mi²	13 people per km² 34 people per mi²	49	26	5	Riyadh
22	Israel	8,051,200	22,072 M km² 8,522 M mi²	365 people per km² 945 people per mi²	46	8	1	Tel Aviv
23	Vietnam	93,421,835	310,070 M km² 119,718 M mi²	301 people per km² 780 people per mi²	44	9	2	Ho Chi Minh City
24	France	65,447,374	551,500 M km² 212,934 M mi²	119 people per km² 307 people per mi²	28	5	0	Courbevoie
25	Colombia	45,785,000	1,141,748 M km² 440,829 M mi²	40 people per km² 104 people per mi²	25	3	0	Bogota
26	Germany	80,585,700	357,168 M km² 137,903 M mi²	226 people per km² 584 people per mi²	23	6	0	Frankfurt am Main
27	Bahrain	807,000	778 M km² 300 M mi²	1,037 people per km² 2,687 people per mi²	21	9	0	Manama
28	Kuwait	3,051,000	17,818 M km² 6,880 M mi²	171 people per km² 443 people per mi²	20	10	4	Kuwait City
29	North Korea	24,052,231	120,538 M km² 46,540 M mi²	200 people per km² 517 people per mi²	18	7	0	Pyongyang
30	Sri Lanka	20,410,000	65,610 M km² 25,332 M mi²	311 people per km² 806 people per mi²	17	5	0	Colombo
31	Poland	38,092,000	312,685 M km² 120,728 M mi²	122 people per km² 316 people per mi²	16	6	1	Warsaw
32	Spain	47,737,941	505,987 M km² 195,362 M mi²	94 people per km² 244 people per mi²	13	4	0	Madrid
33	Argentina	40,091,359	2,796,427 M km² 1,079,702 M mi²	14 people per km² 37 people per mi²	11	1	0	Buenos Aires
34	Azerbaijan	8,997,400	86,600 M km² 33,436 M mi²	104 people per km² 269 people per mi²	9	1	0	Baku
35	Kazakhstan	16,396,000	2,724,900 M km² 1,052,085 M mi²	6 people per km² 16 people per mi²	9	1	1	Astana
36	Netherlands	16,877,351	33,670 M km² 13,000 M mi²	501 people per km² 1,298 people per mi²	9	1	0	Rotterdam
37	Egypt	79,557,000	1,002,000 M km² 386,873 M mi²	79 people per km² 206 people per mi²	8	1	1	Cairo
38	Italy	59,685,227	302,069 M km² 116,629 M mi²	198 people per km² 512 people per mi²	8	3	0	Milan
39	Cambodia	13,395,682	181,035 M km² 69,898 M mi²	74 people per km² 192 people per mi²	6	4	0	Phnom Penh
40	South Africa	49,991,300	1,221,037 M km² 471,443 M mi²	41 people per km² 106 people per mi²	6	2	0	Johannesburg
41	Austria	8,396,760	83,878 M km² 32,385 M mi²	100 people per km² 259 people per mi²	5	2	0	Vienna
42	Venezuela	29,058,000	929,690 M km² 358,954 M mi²	31 people per km² 81 people per mi²	5	2	0	Caracas
43	Lebanon	4,255,000	10,452 M km² 4,036 M mi²	407 people per km² 1,054 people per mi²	4	0	0	Beirut
44	New Zealand	4,394,400	268,107 M km² 103,516 M mi²	16 people per km² 42 people per mi²	4	0	0	Auckland
45	Tanzania	44,928,923	947,303 M km² 365,754 M mi²	47 people per km² 123 people per mi²	4	0	0	Dar es Salaam
46	Cyprus	0	9,251 M km² 3,572 M mi²	0 people per km² 0 people per mi²	3	0	0	Limassol
47	Kenya	38,610,097	591,958 M km² 228,555 M mi²	65 people per km² 169 people per mi²	3	1	0	Nairobi
48	Pakistan	171,476,000	796,095 M km² 307,373 M mi²	215 people per km² 558 people per mi²	3	1	0	Karachi
49	Sweden	9,408,028	438,574 M km² 169,334 M mi²	21 people per km² 56 people per mi²	3	1	0	Gothenburg
50	Bangladesh	149,804,000	147,570 M km² 56,977 M mi²	1,015 people per km² 2,629 people per mi²	2	0	0	Dhaka
51	Chile	17,363,894	743,532 M km² 287,078 M mi²	23 people per km² 60 people per mi²	2	1	1	Santiago
52	Dominican Republic	9,884,371	48,671 M km² 18,792 M mi²	203 people per km² 526 people per mi²	2	0	0	Santo Domingo
53	Georgia	4,436,000	69,700 M km² 26,911 M mi²	64 people per km² 165 people per mi²	2	1	0	Batumi
54	Iran	81,824,270	1,628,762 M km² 628,866 M mi²	50 people per km² 130 people per mi²	2	0	0	Tabriz
55	Iraq	31,467,000	435,244 M km² 168,048 M mi²	72 people per km² 187 people per mi²	2	0	0	Erbil
56	Jordan	6,472,000	89,342 M km² 34,495 M mi²	72 people per km² 188 people per mi²	2	0	0	Amman
57	Serbia	9,856,000	88,444 M km² 34,148 M mi²	111 people per km² 289 people per mi²	2	0	0	Belgrade
58	Switzerland	7,782,900	41,291 M km² 15,942 M mi²	188 people per km² 488 people per mi²	2	1	0	Basel
59	Algeria	35,600,000	2,381,741 M km² 919,591 M mi²	15 people per km² 39 people per mi²	1	1	0	Algiers
60	Bolivia	10,426,154	1,098,581 M km² 424,163 M mi²	9 people per km² 25 people per mi²	1	0	0	La Paz
61	Cuba	11,239,245	109,886 M km² 42,427 M mi²	102 people per km² 265 people per mi²	1	0	0	Havana
62	Ethiopia	79,455,634	1,104,300 M km² 426,371 M mi²	72 people per km² 186 people per mi²	1	1	0	Addis Ababa
63	Ivory Coast	21,571,000	318,000 M km² 122,780 M mi²	68 people per km² 176 people per mi²	1	0	0	Yamoussoukro
64	Monaco	33,000	2 M km² 1 M mi²	16,500 people per km² 42,735 people per mi²	1	0	0	Monaco
65	Morocco	32,023,000	446,550 M km² 172,413 M mi²	72 people per km² 186 people per mi²	1	1	0	Salé
66	Nigeria	158,259,000	923,768 M km² 356,667 M mi²	171 people per km² 444 people per mi²	1	0	0	Lagos
67	Norway	4,929,200	323,772 M km² 125,008 M mi²	15 people per km² 39 people per mi²	1	0	0	Halden
68	Paraguay	6,460,000	406,752 M km² 157,047 M mi²	16 people per km² 41 people per mi²	1	0	0	Asuncion
69	Slovakia	5,429,763	49,035 M km² 18,932 M mi²	111 people per km² 287 people per mi²	1	0	0	Bratislava
70	Turkmenistan	5,177,000	488,100 M km² 188,456 M mi²	11 people per km² 27 people per mi²	1	0	0	Ashgabat
71	Ukraine	45,808,893	603,500 M km² 233,012 M mi²	76 people per km² 197 people per mi²	1	0	0	Kyiv
72	Uruguay	3,356,584	173,626 M km² 67,037 M mi²	19 people per km² 50 people per mi²	1	0	0	Montevideo
73	Uzbekistan	27,794,000	448,969 M km² 173,347 M mi²	62 people per km² 160 people per mi²	1	1	0	Tashkent

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