I was working on a PayPal powered commerce website and for the checkout form, I needed to create a dropdown list of the countries that PayPal supports. I couldn’t find a list in the exact format that I needed, so I created a JavaScript array of JSON objects. Pretty straightfoward, but I thought it would be a good starting point for some of you if you need the same thing.
This list uses the countries listed on PayPal’s website. PayPal requires that you send the 2-character IS0-3166-1 code to their API. Below I have the name and code combinations.
var countries = [
{name: 'Afghanistan', code: 'AF'},
{name: 'Åland Islands', code: 'AX'},
{name: 'Albania', code: 'AL'},
{name: 'Algeria', code: 'DZ'},
{name: 'American Samoa', code: 'AS'},
{name: 'AndorrA', code: 'AD'},
{name: 'Angola', code: 'AO'},
{name: 'Anguilla', code: 'AI'},
{name: 'Antarctica', code: 'AQ'},
{name: 'Antigua and Barbuda', code: 'AG'},
{name: 'Argentina', code: 'AR'},
{name: 'Armenia', code: 'AM'},
{name: 'Aruba', code: 'AW'},
{name: 'Australia', code: 'AU'},
{name: 'Austria', code: 'AT'},
{name: 'Azerbaijan', code: 'AZ'},
{name: 'Bahamas', code: 'BS'},
{name: 'Bahrain', code: 'BH'},
{name: 'Bangladesh', code: 'BD'},
{name: 'Barbados', code: 'BB'},
{name: 'Belarus', code: 'BY'},
{name: 'Belgium', code: 'BE'},
{name: 'Belize', code: 'BZ'},
{name: 'Benin', code: 'BJ'},
{name: 'Bermuda', code: 'BM'},
{name: 'Bhutan', code: 'BT'},
{name: 'Bolivia', code: 'BO'},
{name: 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', code: 'BA'},
{name: 'Botswana', code: 'BW'},
{name: 'Bouvet Island', code: 'BV'},
{name: 'Brazil', code: 'BR'},
{name: 'British Indian Ocean Territory', code: 'IO'},
{name: 'Brunei Darussalam', code: 'BN'},
{name: 'Bulgaria', code: 'BG'},
{name: 'Burkina Faso', code: 'BF'},
{name: 'Burundi', code: 'BI'},
{name: 'Cambodia', code: 'KH'},
{name: 'Cameroon', code: 'CM'},
{name: 'Canada', code: 'CA'},
{name: 'Cape Verde', code: 'CV'},
{name: 'Cayman Islands', code: 'KY'},
{name: 'Central African Republic', code: 'CF'},
{name: 'Chad', code: 'TD'},
{name: 'Chile', code: 'CL'},
{name: 'China', code: 'CN'},
{name: 'Christmas Island', code: 'CX'},
{name: 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands', code: 'CC'},
{name: 'Colombia', code: 'CO'},
{name: 'Comoros', code: 'KM'},
{name: 'Congo', code: 'CG'},
{name: 'Congo, The Democratic Republic of the', code: 'CD'},
{name: 'Cook Islands', code: 'CK'},
{name: 'Costa Rica', code: 'CR'},
{name: 'Cote D\'Ivoire', code: 'CI'},
{name: 'Croatia', code: 'HR'},
{name: 'Cuba', code: 'CU'},
{name: 'Cyprus', code: 'CY'},
{name: 'Czech Republic', code: 'CZ'},
{name: 'Denmark', code: 'DK'},
{name: 'Djibouti', code: 'DJ'},
{name: 'Dominica', code: 'DM'},
{name: 'Dominican Republic', code: 'DO'},
{name: 'Ecuador', code: 'EC'},
{name: 'Egypt', code: 'EG'},
{name: 'El Salvador', code: 'SV'},
{name: 'Equatorial Guinea', code: 'GQ'},
{name: 'Eritrea', code: 'ER'},
{name: 'Estonia', code: 'EE'},
{name: 'Ethiopia', code: 'ET'},
{name: 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)', code: 'FK'},
{name: 'Faroe Islands', code: 'FO'},
{name: 'Fiji', code: 'FJ'},
{name: 'Finland', code: 'FI'},
{name: 'France', code: 'FR'},
{name: 'French Guiana', code: 'GF'},
{name: 'French Polynesia', code: 'PF'},
{name: 'French Southern Territories', code: 'TF'},
{name: 'Gabon', code: 'GA'},
{name: 'Gambia', code: 'GM'},
{name: 'Georgia', code: 'GE'},
{name: 'Germany', code: 'DE'},
{name: 'Ghana', code: 'GH'},
{name: 'Gibraltar', code: 'GI'},
{name: 'Greece', code: 'GR'},
{name: 'Greenland', code: 'GL'},
{name: 'Grenada', code: 'GD'},
{name: 'Guadeloupe', code: 'GP'},
{name: 'Guam', code: 'GU'},
{name: 'Guatemala', code: 'GT'},
{name: 'Guernsey', code: 'GG'},
{name: 'Guinea', code: 'GN'},
{name: 'Guinea-Bissau', code: 'GW'},
{name: 'Guyana', code: 'GY'},
{name: 'Haiti', code: 'HT'},
{name: 'Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands', code: 'HM'},
{name: 'Holy See (Vatican City State)', code: 'VA'},
{name: 'Honduras', code: 'HN'},
{name: 'Hong Kong', code: 'HK'},
{name: 'Hungary', code: 'HU'},
{name: 'Iceland', code: 'IS'},
{name: 'India', code: 'IN'},
{name: 'Indonesia', code: 'ID'},
{name: 'Iran, Islamic Republic Of', code: 'IR'},
{name: 'Iraq', code: 'IQ'},
{name: 'Ireland', code: 'IE'},
{name: 'Isle of Man', code: 'IM'},
{name: 'Israel', code: 'IL'},
{name: 'Italy', code: 'IT'},
{name: 'Jamaica', code: 'JM'},
{name: 'Japan', code: 'JP'},
{name: 'Jersey', code: 'JE'},
{name: 'Jordan', code: 'JO'},
{name: 'Kazakhstan', code: 'KZ'},
{name: 'Kenya', code: 'KE'},
{name: 'Kiribati', code: 'KI'},
{name: 'Korea, Democratic People\'S Republic of', code: 'KP'},
{name: 'Korea, Republic of', code: 'KR'},
{name: 'Kuwait', code: 'KW'},
{name: 'Kyrgyzstan', code: 'KG'},
{name: 'Lao People\'S Democratic Republic', code: 'LA'},
{name: 'Latvia', code: 'LV'},
{name: 'Lebanon', code: 'LB'},
{name: 'Lesotho', code: 'LS'},
{name: 'Liberia', code: 'LR'},
{name: 'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya', code: 'LY'},
{name: 'Liechtenstein', code: 'LI'},
{name: 'Lithuania', code: 'LT'},
{name: 'Luxembourg', code: 'LU'},
{name: 'Macao', code: 'MO'},
{name: 'Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of', code: 'MK'},
{name: 'Madagascar', code: 'MG'},
{name: 'Malawi', code: 'MW'},
{name: 'Malaysia', code: 'MY'},
{name: 'Maldives', code: 'MV'},
{name: 'Mali', code: 'ML'},
{name: 'Malta', code: 'MT'},
{name: 'Marshall Islands', code: 'MH'},
{name: 'Martinique', code: 'MQ'},
{name: 'Mauritania', code: 'MR'},
{name: 'Mauritius', code: 'MU'},
{name: 'Mayotte', code: 'YT'},
{name: 'Mexico', code: 'MX'},
{name: 'Micronesia, Federated States of', code: 'FM'},
{name: 'Moldova, Republic of', code: 'MD'},
{name: 'Monaco', code: 'MC'},
{name: 'Mongolia', code: 'MN'},
{name: 'Montserrat', code: 'MS'},
{name: 'Morocco', code: 'MA'},
{name: 'Mozambique', code: 'MZ'},
{name: 'Myanmar', code: 'MM'},
{name: 'Namibia', code: 'NA'},
{name: 'Nauru', code: 'NR'},
{name: 'Nepal', code: 'NP'},
{name: 'Netherlands', code: 'NL'},
{name: 'Netherlands Antilles', code: 'AN'},
{name: 'New Caledonia', code: 'NC'},
{name: 'New Zealand', code: 'NZ'},
{name: 'Nicaragua', code: 'NI'},
{name: 'Niger', code: 'NE'},
{name: 'Nigeria', code: 'NG'},
{name: 'Niue', code: 'NU'},
{name: 'Norfolk Island', code: 'NF'},
{name: 'Northern Mariana Islands', code: 'MP'},
{name: 'Norway', code: 'NO'},
{name: 'Oman', code: 'OM'},
{name: 'Pakistan', code: 'PK'},
{name: 'Palau', code: 'PW'},
{name: 'Palestinian Territory, Occupied', code: 'PS'},
{name: 'Panama', code: 'PA'},
{name: 'Papua New Guinea', code: 'PG'},
{name: 'Paraguay', code: 'PY'},
{name: 'Peru', code: 'PE'},
{name: 'Philippines', code: 'PH'},
{name: 'Pitcairn', code: 'PN'},
{name: 'Poland', code: 'PL'},
{name: 'Portugal', code: 'PT'},
{name: 'Puerto Rico', code: 'PR'},
{name: 'Qatar', code: 'QA'},
{name: 'Reunion', code: 'RE'},
{name: 'Romania', code: 'RO'},
{name: 'Russian Federation', code: 'RU'},
{name: 'RWANDA', code: 'RW'},
{name: 'Saint Helena', code: 'SH'},
{name: 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', code: 'KN'},
{name: 'Saint Lucia', code: 'LC'},
{name: 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon', code: 'PM'},
{name: 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', code: 'VC'},
{name: 'Samoa', code: 'WS'},
{name: 'San Marino', code: 'SM'},
{name: 'Sao Tome and Principe', code: 'ST'},
{name: 'Saudi Arabia', code: 'SA'},
{name: 'Senegal', code: 'SN'},
{name: 'Serbia and Montenegro', code: 'CS'},
{name: 'Seychelles', code: 'SC'},
{name: 'Sierra Leone', code: 'SL'},
{name: 'Singapore', code: 'SG'},
{name: 'Slovakia', code: 'SK'},
{name: 'Slovenia', code: 'SI'},
{name: 'Solomon Islands', code: 'SB'},
{name: 'Somalia', code: 'SO'},
{name: 'South Africa', code: 'ZA'},
{name: 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands', code: 'GS'},
{name: 'Spain', code: 'ES'},
{name: 'Sri Lanka', code: 'LK'},
{name: 'Sudan', code: 'SD'},
{name: 'Suriname', code: 'SR'},
{name: 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen', code: 'SJ'},
{name: 'Swaziland', code: 'SZ'},
{name: 'Sweden', code: 'SE'},
{name: 'Switzerland', code: 'CH'},
{name: 'Syrian Arab Republic', code: 'SY'},
{name: 'Taiwan, Province of China', code: 'TW'},
{name: 'Tajikistan', code: 'TJ'},
{name: 'Tanzania, United Republic of', code: 'TZ'},
{name: 'Thailand', code: 'TH'},
{name: 'Timor-Leste', code: 'TL'},
{name: 'Togo', code: 'TG'},
{name: 'Tokelau', code: 'TK'},
{name: 'Tonga', code: 'TO'},
{name: 'Trinidad and Tobago', code: 'TT'},
{name: 'Tunisia', code: 'TN'},
{name: 'Turkey', code: 'TR'},
{name: 'Turkmenistan', code: 'TM'},
{name: 'Turks and Caicos Islands', code: 'TC'},
{name: 'Tuvalu', code: 'TV'},
{name: 'Uganda', code: 'UG'},
{name: 'Ukraine', code: 'UA'},
{name: 'United Arab Emirates', code: 'AE'},
{name: 'United Kingdom', code: 'GB'},
{name: 'United States', code: 'US'},
{name: 'United States Minor Outlying Islands', code: 'UM'},
{name: 'Uruguay', code: 'UY'},
{name: 'Uzbekistan', code: 'UZ'},
{name: 'Vanuatu', code: 'VU'},
{name: 'Venezuela', code: 'VE'},
{name: 'Viet Nam', code: 'VN'},
{name: 'Virgin Islands, British', code: 'VG'},
{name: 'Virgin Islands, U.S.', code: 'VI'},
{name: 'Wallis and Futuna', code: 'WF'},
{name: 'Western Sahara', code: 'EH'},
{name: 'Yemen', code: 'YE'},
{name: 'Zambia', code: 'ZM'},
{name: 'Zimbabwe', code: 'ZW'}
];
You can simply loop through this array to create a select list for use on your page.
var html = '<select name="country">';
for(var i = 0; i < countries.length; i++) {
html += '<option value="' + countries[i].code + '">' + countries[i].name + '</option>';
}
html += '</select>';
document.write(html);
Let me know if this list ends up helping you out.
