Tallest buildings in the world

The Chrysler Building.

The tallest buildings in the world have been:

1. Tower of Babel
2. Home Insurance Building (1885-1890)
3. New York World Building (1890-1894)
4. Manhattan Life Building (1894-1899)
5. Park Row Building (1899-1901)
6. Philadelphia City Hall (1901-1908)
7. Singer Building (1908-1909)
8. Metropolitan Life Tower (1909-1913)
9. Woolworth Building (1913-1930)
10. 40 Wall Street (1930)
11. Chrysler Building (1930-1931) - since 2008 it is 90% owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
12. Empire State Building (1931-1972)
13. World Trade Center (1972-1974)
14. Sears Tower (1974-1998)
15. Petronas Towers (1998-2004)
16. Taipei World Financial Center (2004-2007)
17. Burj Khalifa (since 2007)

The current tallest buildings in the world are:

1. Burj Khalifa
2. Shanghai Tower
3. Abraj Al Bait Towers (601 meters)
4. Ping An Finance Centre
5. Lotte World Tower
6. One World Trade Center
7. CTF Finance Centre
8. China Zun
9. Taipei 101
10. Shanghai World Financial Center
11. International Commerce Centre
12. Lakhta Center
13. Landmark 81
14. Changsha IFS Tower T1
15. Petronas Towers (452 meters)
16. Greenland Square Zifeng Tower
17. Willis Tower
18. Kingkey 100
19. Guangzhou International Finance Center
20. Trump International Hotel & Tower
21. Jin Mao Tower
22. Princess Tower
23. Al Hamra Tower
24. Two International Finance Centre
25. China Resources Headquarters
26. 23 Marina
27. CITIC Plaza
28. Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
29. Capital Market Authority Headquarters
30. Shun Hing Square
31. Eton Place Dalian
32. Logan Century Center 1
33. Burj Mohammed bin Rashid
34. Empire State Building
35. Elite Residence
36. Central Plaza