Forum Moderators: coopster
I think this might be useful to you, an array of countries with country code. You can use this at your own convenience.
$countries = array("AF"=>"AFGHANISTAN",
"AX"=>"ALAND ISLANDS",
"AL"=>"ALBANIA",
"DZ"=>"ALGERIA",
"AS"=>"AMERICAN SAMOA",
"AD"=>"ANDORRA",
"AO"=>"ANGOLA",
"AI"=>"ANGUILLA",
"AQ"=>"ANTARCTICA",
"AG"=>"ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA",
"AR"=>"ARGENTINA",
"AM"=>"ARMENIA",
"AW"=>"ARUBA",
"AU"=>"AUSTRALIA",
"AT"=>"AUSTRIA",
"AZ"=>"AZERBAIJAN",
"BS"=>"BAHAMAS",
"BH"=>"BAHRAIN",
"BD"=>"BANGLADESH",
"BB"=>"BARBADOS",
"BY"=>"BELARUS",
"BE"=>"BELGIUM",
"BZ"=>"BELIZE",
"BJ"=>"BENIN",
"BM"=>"BERMUDA",
"BT"=>"BHUTAN",
"BO"=>"BOLIVIA",
"BA"=>"BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA",
"BW"=>"BOTSWANA",
"BV"=>"BOUVET ISLAND",
"BR"=>"BRAZIL",
"IO"=>"BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY",
"BN"=>"BRUNEI DARUSSALAM",
"BG"=>"BULGARIA",
"BF"=>"BURKINA FASO",
"BI"=>"BURUNDI",
"KH"=>"CAMBODIA",
"CM"=>"CAMEROON",
"CA"=>"CANADA",
"CV"=>"CAPE VERDE",
"CI"=>"CāTE D'IVOIRE",
"KY"=>"CAYMAN ISLANDS",
"CF"=>"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC",
"TD"=>"CHAD",
"CL"=>"CHILE",
"CN"=>"CHINA",
"CX"=>"CHRISTMAS ISLAND",
"CC"=>"COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS",
"CO"=>"COLOMBIA",
"KM"=>"COMOROS",
"CG"=>"CONGO",
"CD"=>"CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE",
"CK"=>"COOK ISLANDS",
"CR"=>"COSTA RICA",
"HR"=>"CROATIA",
"CU"=>"CUBA",
"CY"=>"CYPRUS",
"CZ"=>"CZECH REPUBLIC",
"DK"=>"DENMARK",
"DJ"=>"DJIBOUTI",
"DM"=>"DOMINICA",
"DO"=>"DOMINICAN REPUBLIC",
"EC"=>"ECUADOR",
"EG"=>"EGYPT",
"SV"=>"EL SALVADOR",
"GQ"=>"EQUATORIAL GUINEA",
"ER"=>"ERITREA",
"EE"=>"ESTONIA",
"ET"=>"ETHIOPIA",
"FK"=>"FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)",
"FO"=>"FAROE ISLANDS",
"FJ"=>"FIJI",
"FI"=>"FINLAND",
"FR"=>"FRANCE",
"GF"=>"FRENCH GUIANA",
"PF"=>"FRENCH POLYNESIA",
"TF"=>"FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES",
"GA"=>"GABON",
"GM"=>"GAMBIA",
"GE"=>"GEORGIA",
"DE"=>"GERMANY",
"GH"=>"GHANA",
"GI"=>"GIBRALTAR",
"GR"=>"GREECE",
"GL"=>"GREENLAND",
"GD"=>"GRENADA",
"GP"=>"GUADELOUPE",
"GU"=>"GUAM",
"GT"=>"GUATEMALA",
"GN"=>"GUINEA",
"GW"=>"GUINEA-BISSAU",
"GY"=>"GUYANA",
"HT"=>"HAITI",
"HM"=>"HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS",
"VA"=>"HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)",
"HN"=>"HONDURAS",
"HK"=>"HONG KONG",
"HU"=>"HUNGARY",
"IS"=>"ICELAND",
"IN"=>"INDIA",
"ID"=>"INDONESIA",
"IR"=>"IRAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF",
"IQ"=>"IRAQ",
"IE"=>"IRELAND",
"IL"=>"ISRAEL",
"IT"=>"ITALY",
"JM"=>"JAMAICA",
"JP"=>"JAPAN",
"JO"=>"JORDAN",
"KZ"=>"KAZAKHSTAN",
"KE"=>"KENYA",
"KI"=>"KIRIBATI",
"KP"=>"KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF",
"KR"=>"KOREA REPUBLIC OF",
"KW"=>"KUWAIT",
"KG"=>"KYRGYZSTAN",
"LA"=>"LAO PEOPLE\'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC",
"LV"=>"LATVIA",
"LB"=>"LEBANON",
"LS"=>"LESOTHO",
"LR"=>"LIBERIA",
"LY"=>"LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA",
"LI"=>"LIECHTENSTEIN",
"LT"=>"LITHUANIA",
"LU"=>"LUXEMBOURG",
"MO"=>"MACAO",
"MK"=>"MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF",
"MG"=>"MADAGASCAR",
"MW"=>"MALAWI",
"MY"=>"MALAYSIA",
"MV"=>"MALDIVES",
"ML"=>"MALI",
"MT"=>"MALTA",
"MH"=>"MARSHALL ISLANDS",
"MQ"=>"MARTINIQUE",
"MR"=>"MAURITANIA",
"MU"=>"MAURITIUS",
"YT"=>"MAYOTTE",
"MX"=>"MEXICO",
"FM"=>"MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF",
"MD"=>"MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF",
"MC"=>"MONACO",
"MN"=>"MONGOLIA",
"MS"=>"MONTSERRAT",
"MA"=>"MOROCCO",
"MZ"=>"MOZAMBIQUE",
"MM"=>"MYANMAR",
"NA"=>"NAMIBIA",
"NR"=>"NAURU",
"NP"=>"NEPAL",
"NL"=>"NETHERLANDS",
"AN"=>"NETHERLANDS ANTILLES",
"NC"=>"NEW CALEDONIA",
"NZ"=>"NEW ZEALAND",
"NI"=>"NICARAGUA",
"NE"=>"NIGER",
"NG"=>"NIGERIA",
"NU"=>"NIUE",
"NF"=>"NORFOLK ISLAND",
"MP"=>"NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS",
"NO"=>"NORWAY",
"OM"=>"OMAN",
"PK"=>"PAKISTAN",
"PW"=>"PALAU",
"PS"=>"PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED",
"PA"=>"PANAMA",
"PG"=>"PAPUA NEW GUINEA",
"PY"=>"PARAGUAY",
"PE"=>"PERU",
"PH"=>"PHILIPPINES",
"PN"=>"PITCAIRN",
"PL"=>"POLAND",
"PT"=>"PORTUGAL",
"PR"=>"PUERTO RICO",
"QA"=>"QATAR",
"RE"=>"REUNION",
"RO"=>"ROMANIA",
"RU"=>"RUSSIAN FEDERATION",
"RW"=>"RWANDA",
"SH"=>"SAINT HELENA",
"KN"=>"SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS",
"LC"=>"SAINT LUCIA",
"PM"=>"SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON",
"VC"=>"SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES",
"WS"=>"SAMOA",
"SM"=>"SAN MARINO",
"ST"=>"SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE",
"SA"=>"SAUDI ARABIA",
"SN"=>"SENEGAL",
"CS"=>"SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO",
"SC"=>"SEYCHELLES",
"SL"=>"SIERRA LEONE",
"SG"=>"SINGAPORE",
"SK"=>"SLOVAKIA",
"SI"=>"SLOVENIA",
"SB"=>"SOLOMON ISLANDS",
"SO"=>"SOMALIA",
"ZA"=>"SOUTH AFRICA",
"GS"=>"SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS",
"ES"=>"SPAIN",
"LK"=>"SRI LANKA",
"SD"=>"SUDAN",
"SR"=>"SURINAME",
"SJ"=>"SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN",
"SZ"=>"SWAZILAND",
"SE"=>"SWEDEN",
"CH"=>"SWITZERLAND",
"SY"=>"SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC",
"TW"=>"TAIWAN PROVINCE OF CHINA",
"TJ"=>"TAJIKISTAN",
"TZ"=>"TANZANIA UNITED REPUBLIC OF",
"TH"=>"THAILAND",
"TL"=>"TIMOR-LESTE",
"TG"=>"TOGO",
"TK"=>"TOKELAU",
"TO"=>"TONGA",
"TT"=>"TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO",
"TN"=>"TUNISIA",
"TR"=>"TURKEY",
"TM"=>"TURKMENISTAN",
"TC"=>"TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS",
"TV"=>"TUVALU",
"UG"=>"UGANDA",
"UA"=>"UKRAINE",
"AE"=>"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES",
"GB"=>"UNITED KINGDOM",
"US"=>"UNITED STATES",
"UM"=>"UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS",
"UY"=>"URUGUAY",
"UZ"=>"UZBEKISTAN",
"VU"=>"VANUATU",
"VE"=>"VENEZUELA",
"VN"=>"VIETNAM",
"VG"=>"VIRGIN ISLANDS BRITISH",
"VI"=>"VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S.",
"WF"=>"WALLIS AND FUTUNA",
"EH"=>"WESTERN SAHARA",
"YE"=>"YEMEN",
"ZM"=>"ZAMBIA",
"ZW"=>"ZIMBABWE");
For future reference, you can always download the latest country codes from ISO.
[iso.org...]
The short country names from ISO 3166-1 and the alpha-2 codes are made available by ISO at no charge for internal use and non-commercial purposes.
The lists are extracted from ISO 3166-1. They contain all short country names and alpha-2 code elements officially published by ISO and they are updated whenever a change of country name and/or alpha-2 code element is made in ISO 3166-1.
