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This countries select list was last updated on the 24th October 2003, and should be accurate for that date. If you spot any inaccuracies, please let me know.

I use these things so often it's scary, and I dread the thought of ever having to compile another from scratch - so here you go. This list is provided for you to use as you see fit, but please do not reproduce it elsewhere without creditting this site.

Update, April 2008: A very kind chap by the name of David Hunter has put together a French version of this list, which is below the English version.

English



<select name="country">
<option>Afghanistan</option>
<option>Albania</option>
<option>Algeria</option>
<option>American Samoa</option>
<option>Andorra</option>
<option>Angola</option>
<option>Anguilla</option>
<option>Antarctica</option>
<option>Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option>Argentina</option>
<option>Armenia</option>
<option>Aruba</option>
<option>Australia</option>
<option>Austria</option>
<option>Azerbaijan</option>
<option>Bahamas</option>
<option>Bahrain</option>
<option>Bangladesh</option>
<option>Barbados</option>
<option>Belarus</option>
<option>Belgium</option>
<option>Belize</option>
<option>Benin</option>
<option>Bermuda</option>
<option>Bhutan</option>
<option>Bolivia</option>
<option>Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option>Botswana</option>
<option>Bouvet Island</option>
<option>Brazil</option>
<option>British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
<option>Brunei Darussalam</option>
<option>Bulgaria</option>
<option>Burkina Faso</option>
<option>Burundi</option>
<option>Cambodia</option>
<option>Cameroon</option>
<option>Canada</option>
<option>Cape Verde</option>
<option>Cayman Islands</option>
<option>Central African Republic</option>
<option>Chad</option>
<option>Chile</option>
<option>China</option>
<option>Christmas Island</option>
<option>Cocos Islands</option>
<option>Colombia</option>
<option>Comoros</option>
<option>Congo</option>
<option>Congo, Democratic Republic of the</option>
<option>Cook Islands</option>
<option>Costa Rica</option>
<option>Cote d'Ivoire</option>
<option>Croatia</option>
<option>Cuba</option>
<option>Cyprus</option>
<option>Czech Republic</option>
<option>Denmark</option>
<option>Djibouti</option>
<option>Dominica</option>
<option>Dominican Republic</option>
<option>Ecuador</option>
<option>Egypt</option>
<option>El Salvador</option>
<option>Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option>Eritrea</option>
<option>Estonia</option>
<option>Ethiopia</option>
<option>Falkland Islands</option>
<option>Faroe Islands</option>
<option>Fiji</option>
<option>Finland</option>
<option>France</option>
<option>French Guiana</option>
<option>French Polynesia</option>
<option>Gabon</option>
<option>Gambia</option>
<option>Georgia</option>
<option>Germany</option>
<option>Ghana</option>
<option>Gibraltar</option>
<option>Greece</option>
<option>Greenland</option>
<option>Grenada</option>
<option>Guadeloupe</option>
<option>Guam</option>
<option>Guatemala</option>
<option>Guinea</option>
<option>Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option>Guyana</option>
<option>Haiti</option>
<option>Heard Island and McDonald Islands</option>
<option>Honduras</option>
<option>Hong Kong</option>
<option>Hungary</option>
<option>Iceland</option>
<option>India</option>
<option>Indonesia</option>
<option>Iran</option>
<option>Iraq</option>
<option>Ireland</option>
<option>Israel</option>
<option>Italy</option>
<option>Jamaica</option>
<option>Japan</option>
<option>Jordan</option>
<option>Kazakhstan</option>
<option>Kenya</option>
<option>Kiribati</option>
<option>Kuwait</option>
<option>Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option>Laos</option>
<option>Latvia</option>
<option>Lebanon</option>
<option>Lesotho</option>
<option>Liberia</option>
<option>Libya</option>
<option>Liechtenstein</option>
<option>Lithuania</option>
<option>Luxembourg</option>
<option>Macao</option>
<option>Madagascar</option>
<option>Malawi</option>
<option>Malaysia</option>
<option>Maldives</option>
<option>Mali</option>
<option>Malta</option>
<option>Marshall Islands</option>
<option>Martinique</option>
<option>Mauritania</option>
<option>Mauritius</option>
<option>Mayotte</option>
<option>Mexico</option>
<option>Micronesia</option>
<option>Moldova</option>
<option>Monaco</option>
<option>Mongolia</option>
<option>Montenegro</option>
<option>Montserrat</option>
<option>Morocco</option>
<option>Mozambique</option>
<option>Myanmar</option>
<option>Namibia</option>
<option>Nauru</option>
<option>Nepal</option>
<option>Netherlands</option>
<option>Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option>New Caledonia</option>
<option>New Zealand</option>
<option>Nicaragua</option>
<option>Niger</option>
<option>Nigeria</option>
<option>Norfolk Island</option>
<option>North Korea</option>
<option>Norway</option>
<option>Oman</option>
<option>Pakistan</option>
<option>Palau</option>
<option>Palestinian Territory</option>
<option>Panama</option>
<option>Papua New Guinea</option>
<option>Paraguay</option>
<option>Peru</option>
<option>Philippines</option>
<option>Pitcairn</option>
<option>Poland</option>
<option>Portugal</option>
<option>Puerto Rico</option>
<option>Qatar</option>
<option>Romania</option>
<option>Russian Federation</option>
<option>Rwanda</option>
<option>Saint Helena</option>
<option>Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option>Saint Lucia</option>
<option>Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option>
<option>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option>Samoa</option>
<option>San Marino</option>
<option>Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option>Saudi Arabia</option>
<option>Senegal</option>
<option>Serbia</option>
<option>Seychelles</option>
<option>Sierra Leone</option>
<option>Singapore</option>
<option>Slovakia</option>
<option>Slovenia</option>
<option>Solomon Islands</option>
<option>Somalia</option>
<option>South Africa</option>
<option>South Georgia</option>
<option>South Korea</option>
<option>Spain</option>
<option>Sri Lanka</option>
<option>Sudan</option>
<option>Suriname</option>
<option>Svalbard and Jan Mayen</option>
<option>Swaziland</option>
<option>Sweden</option>
<option>Switzerland</option>
<option>Syrian Arab Republic</option>
<option>Taiwan</option>
<option>Tajikistan</option>
<option>Tanzania</option>
<option>Thailand</option>
<option>The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</option>
<option>Timor-Leste</option>
<option>Togo</option>
<option>Tokelau</option>
<option>Tonga</option>
<option>Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option>Tunisia</option>
<option>Turkey</option>
<option>Turkmenistan</option>
<option>Tuvalu</option>
<option>Uganda</option>
<option>Ukraine</option>
<option>United Arab Emirates</option>
<option>United Kingdom</option>
<option>United States</option>
<option>United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
<option>Uruguay</option>
<option>Uzbekistan</option>
<option>Vanuatu</option>
<option>Vatican City</option>
<option>Venezuela</option>
<option>Vietnam</option>
<option>Virgin Islands, British</option>
<option>Virgin Islands, U.S.</option>
<option>Wallis and Futuna</option>
<option>Western Sahara</option>
<option>Yemen</option>
<option>Zambia</option>
<option>Zimbabwe</option>
</select>


French / Français



This select list also includes the WTO 2 letter country codes.



<select name="country">
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="ZA">Afrique du Sud</option>
<option value="AL">Albanie</option>
<option value="DZ">Algérie</option>
<option value="DE">Allemagne</option>
<option value="AD">Andorre</option>
<option value="AO">Angola</option>
<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
<option value="AG">Antigua et Barbuda</option>
<option value="AN">Antilles néerlandaises</option>
<option value="SA">Arabie saoudite</option>
<option value="AR">Argentine</option>
<option value="AM">Arménie</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="AU">Australie</option>
<option value="AT">Autriche</option>
<option value="AZ">Azerbaïdjan</option>
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BH">Bahreïn</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BB">Barbade</option>
<option value="BE">Belgique</option>
<option value="BM">Bermudes</option>
<option value="BT">Bhoutan</option>
<option value="BY">Biélorussie</option>
<option value="BO">Bolivie</option>
<option value="BA">Bosnie et Herzégovine</option>
<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
<option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</option>
<option value="BR">Brésil</option>
<option value="BG">Bulgarie</option>
<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BI">Burundi</option>
<option value="BZ">Bélize</option>
<option value="BJ">Bénin</option>
<option value="KH">Cambodge</option>
<option value="CM">Cameroun</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="CV">Cap-Vert</option>
<option value="CF">Centrafrique</option>
<option value="CL">Chili</option>
<option value="CN">Chine</option>
<option value="CY">Chypre</option>
<option value="CO">Colombiae</option>
<option value="KM">Comores</option>
<option value="CG">Congo</option>
<option value="KR">Corée du Nord</option>
<option value="KP">Corée du Sud</option>
<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="HR">Croatie</option>
<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
<option value="CI">Côte d'Ivoire</option>
<option value="DK">Danemark</option>
<option value="DJ">Djibouti</option>
<option value="DM">Dominique</option>
<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
<option value="ES">Espagne</option>
<option value="EE">Estonie</option>
<option value="FJ">Fidji</option>
<option value="FI">Finlande</option>
<option value="FR">France</option>
<option value="GA">Gabon</option>
<option value="GM">Gambie</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GI">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="GD">Grenade</option>
<option value="GL">Groënland</option>
<option value="GR">Grèce</option>
<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GU">Guam</option>
<option value="GT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="GN">Guinée</option>
<option value="GQ">Guinée équatoriale</option>
<option value="GW">Guinée-Bissau</option>
<option value="GY">Guyane</option>
<option value="GF">Guyane française</option>
<option value="GE">Géorgie</option>
<option value="HT">Haïti</option>
<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
<option value="HK">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="HU">Hongrie</option>
<option value="BV">Ile Bouvet</option>
<option value="CX">Ile Christmas</option>
<option value="HM">Ile Heard et iles McDonald</option>
<option value="MU">Ile Maurice</option>
<option value="NF">Ile Norfolk</option>
<option value="KY">Iles Cayman</option>
<option value="CC">Iles Cocos (Keeling)</option>
<option value="CK">Iles Cook</option>
<option value="FK">Iles Falkland (Malouines)</option>
<option value="FO">Iles Faroe</option>
<option value="MH">Iles Marshall</option>
<option value="MP">Iles Northern Mariana</option>
<option value="SB">Iles Salomon</option>
<option value="VG">Iles Vierges, G.B.</option>
<option value="VI">Iles Vierges, É.U.</option>
<option value="IN">Inde</option>
<option value="ID">Indonésie</option>
<option value="IQ">Irak</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IE">Irlande</option>
<option value="IS">Islande</option>
<option value="IL">Israël</option>
<option value="IT">Italie</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaïque</option>
<option value="JP">Japon</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KE">Kenya</option>
<option value="KG">Kirghizstan</option>
<option value="KI">Kiribati</option>
<option value="KW">Koweït</option>
<option value="LA">Laos</option>
<option value="LV">Lettonie</option>
<option value="LB">Liban</option>
<option value="LY">Libye</option>
<option value="LR">Libéria</option>
<option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="LT">Lituanie</option>
<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="LS">Lésotho</option>
<option value="MO">Macao</option>
<option value="MK">Macédoine</option>
<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MY">Malaisie</option>
<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
<option value="ML">Mali</option>
<option value="MT">Malte</option>
<option value="MA">Maroc</option>
<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
<option value="MR">Mauritanie</option>
<option value="YT">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MX">Mexique</option>
<option value="MD">Moldavie</option>
<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
<option value="MN">Mongolie</option>
<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
<option value="MM">Myanmar (Birmanie)</option>
<option value="NA">Namibie</option>
<option value="NR">Nauru</option>
<option value="NI">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="NE">Niger</option>
<option value="NG">Nigéria</option>
<option value="NU">Niue</option>
<option value="NO">Norvège</option>
<option value="NC">Nouvelle Calédonie</option>
<option value="NZ">Nouvelle-Zélande</option>
<option value="NP">Népal</option>
<option value="OM">Oman</option>
<option value="UG">Ouganda</option>
<option value="UZ">Ouzbékistan</option>
<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PW">Palau</option>
<option value="PS">Palestine</option>
<option value="PA">Panama</option>
<option value="PG">Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée</option>
<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
<option value="NL">Pays-Bas</option>
<option value="PH">Philippines</option>
<option value="PN">Pitcairn</option>
<option value="PL">Pologne</option>
<option value="PF">Polynésie française</option>
<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
<option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="PE">Pérou</option>
<option value="QA">Qatar</option>
<option value="RO">Roumanie</option>
<option value="GB">Royaume-Uni</option>
<option value="RU">Russie</option>
<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
<option value="CD">République Démocratique du Congo</option>
<option value="DO">République dominicaine</option>
<option value="CZ">République tchèque</option>
<option value="RE">Réunion, île de la</option>
<option value="EH">Sahara Ouest</option>
<option value="KN">Saint-Kitts et Nevis</option>
<option value="PM">Saint-Pierre et Miquelon</option>
<option value="VC">Saint-Vincent et Les Grenadines</option>
<option value="SH">Sainte-Hélène</option>
<option value="LC">Sainte-Lucie</option>
<option value="WS">Samoa</option>
<option value="AS">Samoa américaine</option>
<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
<option value="ST">San Tomé et Principe</option>
<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SG">Singapour</option>
<option value="SK">Slovaquie</option>
<option value="SI">Slovénie</option>
<option value="SO">Somalie</option>
<option value="SD">Soudan</option>
<option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="GS">St-George et les iles Sandwich</option>
<option value="CH">Suisse</option>
<option value="SR">Surinam</option>
<option value="SE">Suède</option>
<option value="SJ">Svalbard et Jan Mayen</option>
<option value="SZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="SY">Syrie</option>
<option value="SN">Sénégal</option>
<option value="TJ">Tadjikistan</option>
<option value="TZ">Tanzanie</option>
<option value="TW">Taïwan</option>
<option value="TD">Tchad</option>
<option value="IO">Territoire britannique de l'Océan Indien</option>
<option value="TF">Territoires français du Sud</option>
<option value="TH">Thaïlande</option>
<option value="TP">Timor Est</option>
<option value="TG">Togo</option>
<option value="TK">Tokelau</option>
<option value="TO">Tonga</option>
<option value="TT">Trinidad et Tobago</option>
<option value="TN">Tunisie</option>
<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="TC">Turks et iles Caicos</option>
<option value="TR">Turquie</option>
<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
<option value="UY">Uruguay</option>
<option value="VU">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="VA">Vatican, cité du</option>
<option value="VN">Vietnam</option>
<option value="VE">Vénézuela</option>
<option value="WF">Wallis et Futuna</option>
<option value="YU">Yougoslavie</option>
<option value="YE">Yémen</option>
<option value="ZM">Zambie</option>
<option value="ZW">Zimbabwé</option>
<option value="EG">Égypte</option>
<option value="AE">Émirats arabes unis</option>
<option value="EC">Équateur</option>
<option value="ER">Érythrée</option>
<option value="FM">États fédérés de Micronésie</option>
<option value="US">États-Unis</option>
<option value="ET">Éthiopie</option>
</select>


These lists were compiled from a variety of sources, both online and offline, and no guarantee is made as to their accuracy. Please report any mistakes to dave@ilovejackdaniels.com.
 

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Jack
United Kingdom #1: December 16, 2004
What about New Finderland
 United Kingdom #2: May 6, 2005
There is also an easier way to do this using PHP and MySQL.

On this website is a MySQL table that contains the countries ISO 3166 Full Name, Printable Name, ISO 3166 2 Char, ISO 3166 3Char and ISO 3166 Number Code http://27.org/isocountrylist/

I do not know if it 100% correct or not.

You can then make a query that will select all the data out of the table and output it as a select menu.

If you wanted to you could also use the http://ip-to-country.webhosting.info/ to find out where people are from using their IP address. PHP.net uses this database on their site to select the right documention for you!
phito
Colombia #3: August 23, 2005
thanks man!!! this is really usefull ...
Draven
United States #4: October 14, 2005
Not to complain, but value="samename" would be helpful
Buntz
Australia #5: January 18, 2006
Cheers
Joe Adah
Nigeria #6: April 26, 2006
Thanks jack, this is very helpful and very handly
BlueEyes
Sweden #7: May 11, 2006
Hi there! I just love this site with all this nice and helpful information.

Just to contribute a little bit i took the liberty to add the value property to the select box country list.

And anyone who wants the country select box code with value property can find it here:
http://www.shorttext.com/fz3b0

Hope someone it´s usefull.
Looking forward to more articles and Cheat Sheets.
 United Kingdom #8: June 1, 2006
http://phunky.co.uk/countries-select-box/

I created one that has the countries 2 digit code as the value :)

much <3 to ilovedaniels.com though!
Kevin
United States #9: June 6, 2006
Thanks for the select box code... big time saver. And thanks BlueEyes for adding the values.
Neko
Canada #10: March 5, 2007
With 2 small find & replace, I was able to extract the country list

$arrCountry = array();
$arrCountry[] = "Afghanistan";
$arrCountry[] = "Albania";
$arrCountry[] = "Algeria";
[...]

Once again, this was a huge time saver
Thanks
there's another one out there with the corresponding country codes as values in this select field.

it works even better for a mysql table, since MyISAM (in MySQL 4.1) doesn't support foriegn keys.

the country table i use is:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXIST countries
(
country_id int auto_increment not null,
country_code char(2) not null,
country_name varchar(150) not null,
PRIMARY KEY(country_id),
UNIQUE(country_code)
) charset UTF8 encoding utf8-unicode-ci;

then, when referring to this table, use a lookup as such:
SELECT country_id WHERE country_code = ? LIMIT 1;

the above query works very well for a subquery when part of an insert or update.

hope this helps anyone who needs it.
Nice - I've had something similar sitting in my code library for a while, and have now posted it up on my blog seeing as people will get some use out of it. Mine is the same, but has values as two letter ISO-3166-1 codes. And I last updated it in March 07.

As there have been quite a few comments on missing counties in your UK counties select box too, I may have a stab at one of those. Hope you don't mind :s
My apologies for posting again: I couldn't edit my previous comment. Anyway, here's the <a href="http://antanova.blogspot.com/2007/06/code-bits-country-select-box.html">link to the alternative counry code select box</a> I've done.
 United Kingdom #15: July 12, 2007
The most completed country list ever. But I missed the value paramter.

Thanks!
Related to this is this Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 - ISO codes for each country - useful for use as a key / value option on these dropdowns...
Opps looks like I am 5 years behind - apologies - will read threads before posting in future!!!
<option>Serbia and Montenegro</option>

serbia and montenegro are now separate countries.
Nevermind
Greece #19: October 10, 2007
The country listed as "Macedonia" is referred to as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" within UN (http://www.un.org/members/list.shtml#t), EU and NATO (Also see the previously referred page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ). This is the correct name to use, because Macedonia is the name of a Greek province and there is a dispute over this name between Greece and FYROM, not yet solved.
I had a list but it was missing one country. I knew the real count but I did not know what country is missing. It was the palestinian Territory.

I found here :)

Thanks
someone said: "[#2] There is also an easier way to do this using PHP and MySQL. "

...that was funny!! i really like that kind of humor!
I've finally added the French version of this list, sent to me by the very kind David Hunter.

I've also split Serbia and Montenegro into their own countries and Macedonia has been renamed as per comment #19.

Thanks all!

 

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