One of the most boring stuff a programmer will ever have to write is a selection list for countries. It’s just a tedious, neverending work that takes a lot of time for no effect. So here comes a snippet, I would have been gratefull if I’d found it ready on the web

  <label for="country">Country</label>
  <select name="country">
	<option value="  " selected>(please select a country)</option>
	<option value="--">none</option>
	<option value="AF">Afghanistan </option>
	<option value="AL">Albania </option>
	<option value="DZ">Algeria </option>
	<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
	<option value="AD">Andorra </option>
	<option value="AO">Angola</option>
	<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
	<option value="AQ">Antarctica</option>
	<option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option> 
	<option value="AR">Argentina </option>
	<option value="AM">Armenia </option>
	<option value="AW">Aruba </option>
	<option value="AU">Australia </option>
	<option value="AT">Austria </option>
	<option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option>
	<option value="BS">Bahamas </option>
	<option value="BH">Bahrain </option>
	<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
	<option value="BB">Barbados</option>
	<option value="BY">Belarus </option>
	<option value="BE">Belgium </option>
	<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
	<option value="BJ">Benin </option>
	<option value="BM">Bermuda </option>
	<option value="BT">Bhutan</option>
	<option value="BO">Bolivia </option>
	<option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegowina</option>
	<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
	<option value="BV">Bouvet Island </option>
	<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
	<option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
	<option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam </option>
	<option value="BG">Bulgaria</option>
	<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
	<option value="BI">Burundi </option>
	<option value="KH">Cambodia</option>
	<option value="CM">Cameroon</option>
	<option value="CA">Canada</option>
	<option value="CV">Cape Verde</option>
	<option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option>
	<option value="CF">Central African Republic</option>
	<option value="TD">Chad</option>
	<option value="CL">Chile </option>
	<option value="CN">China </option>
	<option value="CX">Christmas Island</option>
	<option value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands </option>
	<option value="CO">Colombia</option>
	<option value="KM">Comoros </option>
	<option value="CG">Congo </option>
	<option value="CD">Congo, the Democratic Republic of the</option>
	<option value="CK">Cook Islands</option>
	<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
	<option value="CI">Cote d'Ivoire</option>
	<option value="HR">Croatia (Hrvatska)</option>
	<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
	<option value="CY">Cyprus</option>
	<option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option>
	<option value="DK">Denmark</option>
	<option value="DJ">Djibouti</option>
	<option value="DM">Dominica</option>
	<option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option>
	<option value="TP">East Timor</option>
	<option value="EC">Ecuador</option>
	<option value="EG">Egypt</option>
	<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
	<option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option>
	<option value="ER">Eritrea</option>
	<option value="EE">Estonia</option>
	<option value="ET">Ethiopia</option>
	<option value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas) </option>
	<option value="FO">Faroe Islands </option>
	<option value="FJ">Fiji</option>
	<option value="FI">Finland </option>
	<option value="FR">France</option>
	<option value="FX">France, Metropolitan</option>
	<option value="GF">French Guiana </option>
	<option value="PF">French Polynesia</option>
	<option value="TF">French Southern Territories</option> 
	<option value="GA">Gabon </option>
	<option value="GM">Gambia</option>
	<option value="GE">Georgia </option>
	<option value="DE">Germany </option>
	<option value="GH">Ghana </option>
	<option value="GI">Gibraltar </option>
	<option value="GR">Greece</option>
	<option value="GL">Greenland </option>
	<option value="GD">Grenada </option>
	<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
	<option value="GU">Guam</option>
	<option value="GT">Guatemala </option>
	<option value="GN">Guinea</option>
	<option value="GW">Guinea-Bissau </option>
	<option value="GY">Guyana</option>
	<option value="HT">Haiti </option>
	<option value="HM">Heard and Mc Donald Islands</option>
	<option value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option>
	<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
	<option value="HK">Hong Kong </option>
	<option value="HU">Hungary </option>
	<option value="IS">Iceland </option>
	<option value="IN">India </option>
	<option value="ID">Indonesia </option>
	<option value="IR">Iran (Islamic Republic of)</option>
	<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
	<option value="IE">Ireland </option>
	<option value="IL">Israel</option>
	<option value="IT">Italy </option>
	<option value="JM">Jamaica </option>
	<option value="JP">Japan </option>
	<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
	<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
	<option value="KE">Kenya </option>
	<option value="KI">Kiribati</option>
	<option value="KP">Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option>
	<option value="KR">Korea, Republic of</option>
	<option value="KW">Kuwait</option>
	<option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
	<option value="LA">Lao People's Democratic Republic</option>
	<option value="LV">Latvia</option>
	<option value="LB">Lebanon </option>
	<option value="LS">Lesotho </option>
	<option value="LR">Liberia </option>
	<option value="LY">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</option>
	<option value="LI">Liechtenstein </option>
	<option value="LT">Lithuania </option>
	<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
	<option value="MO">Macau </option>
	<option value="MK">Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of</option>
	<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
	<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
	<option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
	<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
	<option value="ML">Mali</option>
	<option value="MT">Malta </option>
	<option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option>
	<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
	<option value="MR">Mauritania</option>
	<option value="MU">Mauritius </option>
	<option value="YT">Mayotte </option>
	<option value="MX">Mexico</option>
	<option value="FM">Micronesia, Federated States of</option>
	<option value="MD">Moldova, Republic of</option>
	<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
	<option value="MN">Mongolia</option>
	<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
	<option value="MA">Morocco </option>
	<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
	<option value="MM">Myanmar </option>
	<option value="NA">Namibia </option>
	<option value="NR">Nauru </option>
	<option value="NP">Nepal </option>
	<option value="NL">Netherlands </option>
	<option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option>
	<option value="NC">New Caledonia </option>
	<option value="NZ">New Zealand </option>
	<option value="NI">Nicaragua </option>
	<option value="NE">Niger </option>
	<option value="NG">Nigeria </option>
	<option value="NU">Niue</option>
	<option value="NF">Norfolk Island</option>
	<option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
	<option value="NO">Norway</option>
	<option value="OM">Oman</option>
	<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
	<option value="PW">Palau </option>
	<option value="PA">Panama</option>
	<option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option>
	<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
	<option value="PE">Peru</option>
	<option value="PH">Philippines </option>
	<option value="PN">Pitcairn</option>
	<option value="PL">Poland</option>
	<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
	<option value="PR">Puerto Rico </option>
	<option value="QA">Qatar </option>
	<option value="RE">Reunion </option>
	<option value="RO">Romania </option>
	<option value="RU">Russian Federation</option>
	<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
	<option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option> 
	<option value="LC">Saint LUCIA </option>
	<option value="VC">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
	<option value="WS">Samoa </option>
	<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
	<option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option> 
	<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
	<option value="SN">Senegal </option>
	<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
	<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
	<option value="SG">Singapore </option>
	<option value="SK">Slovakia (Slovak Republic)</option>
	<option value="SI">Slovenia</option>
	<option value="SB">Solomon Islands </option>
	<option value="SO">Somalia </option>
	<option value="ZA">South Africa</option>
	<option value="GS">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option>
	<option value="ES">Spain </option>
	<option value="LK">Sri Lanka </option>
	<option value="SH">St. Helena</option>
	<option value="PM">St. Pierre and Miquelon</option> 
	<option value="SD">Sudan </option>
	<option value="SR">Suriname</option>
	<option value="SJ">Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands</option>
	<option value="SZ">Swaziland </option>
	<option value="SE">Sweden</option>
	<option value="CH">Switzerland </option>
	<option value="SY">Syrian Arab Republic</option>
	<option value="TW">Taiwan, Province of China </option>
	<option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option>
	<option value="TZ">Tanzania, United Republic of</option>
	<option value="TH">Thailand</option>
	<option value="TG">Togo</option>
	<option value="TK">Tokelau </option>
	<option value="TO">Tonga </option>
	<option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option> 
	<option value="TN">Tunisia </option>
	<option value="TR">Turkey</option>
	<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
	<option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
	<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
	<option value="UG">Uganda</option>
	<option value="UA">Ukraine </option>
	<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
	<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option>
	<option value="US">United States </option>
	<option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
	<option value="UY">Uruguay </option>
	<option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option>
	<option value="VU">Vanuatu </option>
	<option value="VE">Venezuela </option>
	<option value="VN">Viet Nam</option>
	<option value="VG">Virgin Islands (British)</option>
	<option value="VI">Virgin Islands (U.S.) </option>
	<option value="WF">Wallis and Futuna Islands </option>
	<option value="EH">Western Sahara</option>
	<option value="YE">Yemen </option>
	<option value="YU">Yugoslavia</option>
	<option value="ZM">Zambia</option>
	<option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option>
  </select>

I hope it’s usefull for you as it was for me. And here is how it looks like:

Country (please select a country) none Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegowina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia (Hrvatska) Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France France, Metropolitan French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and Mc Donald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint LUCIA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Pierre and Miquelon Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe