For all its sprawl, the US is still a nation that pumps out and has a high number of skyscrapers. We will probally be #2 in total of sheer amount going forward as I don't see us ever eclipsing China, nor will we, just not possible.
But... #2 is still okay.
Just for comparison:
1) United States: Completed
# of 300m+ buildings: 25
# of 200m+ buildings: 210
# of 150m+ buildings: 807
2) China: Completed
#1 in rankings by far
# of 300m+ buildings: 85
# of 200m+ buildings: 754
# of 150m+ buildings: 2,177
3) UAE - #3 in rankings
# of 300m+ buildings: 28
# of 200m+ buildings: 118
# of 150m+ buildings: 253
Japan being 4th.
But than the cut off is real deep. Really bottoms out in terms of numbers for other lands.
Just makes me wonder what it would be like if we didn't sprawl so much. If our metros were smaller but more centralized.
The U.S. does have a lot of prospects in the pipeline (not 100% complete but food for statistical curiosity). Something like 262 proposals nationwide exceeding 100m+.
So we are pumping them out one way or another.
Super tall wise, we'll pretty much be #2. Presently 25 towers over 300m, and 28 for UAE, but once we factor in towers presently u/c that are super talls, we'll be #2 with super talls.
100m+, we are still #2 by a long shot, as the drop off for nations ranking 3-10 is significant.