PHP Countries Select Box

<select name="country">
<?php
$curCountry = (isset($_POST['country'])) ? $_POST['country'] : '';
$countries = array('US'=>'United States','CA'=>'Canada','AF'=>'Afghanistan','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','BH'=>'Bahrain','UM'=>'Baker Island','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','VG'=>'British Virgin Islands','BN'=>'Brunei','BG'=>'Bulgaria','BF'=>'Burkina Faso','MM'=>'Burma','BI'=>'Burundi','KH'=>'Cambodia','CM'=>'Cameroon','CV'=>'Cape Verde','KY'=>'Cayman Islands','CF'=>'Central African Republic','TD'=>'Chad','CL'=>'Chile','CN'=>'China','CX'=>'Christmas Island','CC'=>'Cocos (Keeling) Islands','CO'=>'Colombia','KM'=>'Comoros','ZR'=>'Congo, Democratic Republic of the',
'CG'=>'Congo, Republic of the','CK'=>'Cook Islands','CR'=>'Costa Rica','CI'=>'Cote d\'Ivoire','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 (Islas Malvinas)','FO'=>'Faroe Islands','FJ'=>'Fiji','FI'=>'Finland','FR'=>'France','GF'=>'French Guiana','PF'=>'French Polynesia','TF'=>'French Southern and Antarctic Lands','GA'=>'Gabon','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)','HN'=>'Honduras','HK'=>'Hong Kong','UM'=>'Howland Island','HU'=>'Hungary','IS'=>'Iceland','IN'=>'India','ID'=>'Indonesia','IR'=>'Iran','IQ'=>'Iraq',
'IE'=>'Ireland','IL'=>'Israel','IT'=>'Italy','JM'=>'Jamaica','JP'=>'Japan','UM'=>'Jarvis Island','UM'=>'Johnston Atoll','JO'=>'Jordan','KZ'=>'Kazakhstan','KE'=>'Kenya','UM'=>'Kingman Reef','KI'=>'Kiribati','KP'=>'Korea, North','KR'=>'Korea, South','KW'=>'Kuwait','KG'=>'Kyrgyzstan','LA'=>'Laos','LV'=>'Latvia','LB'=>'Lebanon','LS'=>'Lesotho','LR'=>'Liberia','LY'=>'Libya','LI'=>'Liechtenstein','LT'=>'Lithuania','LU'=>'Luxembourg','MO'=>'Macau','MK'=>'Macedonia','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','UM'=>'Midway Islands','MD'=>'Moldova','MC'=>'Monaco','MN'=>'Mongolia','MS'=>'Montserrat','MA'=>'Morocco','MZ'=>'Mozambique','NA'=>'Namibia','NR'=>'Nauru','UM'=>'Navassa Island','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','UM'=>'Palmyra Atoll','PA'=>'Panama','PG'=>'Papua New Guinea','PY'=>'Paraguay','PE'=>'Peru','PH'=>'Philippines','PL'=>'Poland','PT'=>'Portugal','PR'=>'Puerto Rico','QA'=>'Qatar','RE'=>'Reunion','RO'=>'Romania','RU'=>'Russia','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','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','SZ'=>'Swaziland','SE'=>'Sweden','CH'=>'Switzerland','SY'=>'Syria','TW'=>'Taiwan','TJ'=>'Tajikistan',
'TZ'=>'Tanzania','TH'=>'Thailand','BS'=>'The Bahamas','GM'=>'The Gambia','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','UY'=>'Uruguay','UZ'=>'Uzbekistan','VU'=>'Vanuatu','VE'=>'Venezuela','VN'=>'Vietnam','VI'=>'Virgin Islands','UM'=>'Wake Island','WF'=>'Wallis and Futuna','EH'=>'Western Sahara','YE'=>'Yemen','YU'=>'Yugoslavia','ZM'=>'Zambia','ZW'=>'Zimbabwe');
foreach( $countries as $key => $country ) {
    $sel = ( $curCountry == $key ) ? ' selected ' : '';
    echo '<option value="' . $key . '"' . $sel . '>' . $country . '</option>';
} ?>
</select>