Countries That Once Had the World's Tallest Building

Can you name every modern-day country that once had the tallest man-made structure or building in the world at some point in time since 3000 B.C.E.?

The Jeddah tower has been excluded as it is unfinished

Dates for some structures and buildings are approximate

Including antennae!

According to my own research. Main sources: 1, 2

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Height	Structure	Country	Time
35 m / 115 ft	Ziggurat of Ur	Iraq	3000 - 2650 B.C.E.
62 m / 203 ft	Step Pyramid of Djoser	Egypt	2650 - 2610 B.C.E.
65 m / 213 ft	Meidum Pyramid	Egypt	2610 - 2600 B.C.E.
105 m / 344 ft	Bent Pyramid	Egypt	2600 - 2528 B.C.E.
147 m / 482 ft	Pyramid of Khufu	Egypt	2528 B.C.E - 1311 C.E.
160 m / 525 ft	Lincoln Cathedral	United Kingdom	1311 - 1548
151 m / 495 ft	St. Mary's Church	Germany	1548 - 1549
159 m / 522 ft	St. Olaf's Church	Estonia	1549 - 1625
151 m / 495 ft	St. Mary's Church	Germany	1625 - 1647
150 m / 492 ft	St. Paul's Cathedral	United Kingdom	1647 - 1666
142 m / 466 ft	Strasbourg Cathedral	France	1666 - 1874
147 m / 482 ft	St. Nicholas' Church	Germany	1874 - 1876
151 m / 495 ft	Rouen Cathedral	France	1876 - 1880
157 m / 515 ft	Cologne Cathedral	Germany	1880 - 1884
169 m / 554 ft	Washington Monument	United States	1884 - 1889
324 m / 1,063 ft	Eiffel Tower	France	1889 - 1931
381 m / 1,250 ft	Empire State Building	United States	1931 - 1967
540 m / 1,772 ft	Ostankino Tower	Russia	1967 - 1975
553 m / 1,814 ft	CN Tower	Canada	1975 - 2009
828 m / 2,717 ft	Burj Khalifa	United Arab Emirates	2009 -