Countries Drop down

countries.js

var all_countries = ['---Select a country---','United Kingdom','United States','Canada', 'Austria', 'Belgium', 'Bulgaria', 'Cyprus', 'Czech Republic', 'Denmark', 'Estonia', 'Finland', 'France', 'Germany', 'Greece', 'Hungary', 'Italy', 'Latvia', 'Lithuania', 'Luxembourg', 'Malta', 'Netherlands', 'Poland', 'Portugal', 'Romania', 'Slovakia', 'Slovenia', 'Spain', 'Sweden', 'Honduras','El Salvador','Haiti','Jamaica', 'Guyana','Afghanistan', 'Albania', 'Algeria', 'Andorra', 'Angola', 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'Argentina', 'Armenia', 'Australia', 'Azerbaijan', 'Bahamas', 'Bahrain', 'Bangladesh', 'Barbados', 'Belarus', 'Belize', 'Benin', 'Bhutan', 'Bolivia', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'Botswana', 'Brazil', 'Brunei Darussalam', 'Burkina Faso', 'Burma', 'Burundi', 'Cambodia', 'Cameroon', 'Canada', 'Cape Verde', 'Central African Republic', 'Chad', 'Chile', 'China', 'Colombia', 'Comoros', 'Congo', 'Democratic Republic of the Congo', 'Costa Rica', 'Côte d\'Ivoire', 'Croatia', 'Cuba', 'Djibouti', 'Dominica', 'Dominican Republic', 'East Timor', 'Ecuador', 'Egypt', 'England', 'Equatorial Guinea', 'Eritrea', 'Ethiopia', 'Fiji', 'Gabon', 'Gambia', 'Georgia', 'Ghana', 'Grenada', 'Guatemala', 'Guinea', 'Guinea-Bissau', 'Iceland', 'India', 'Indonesia', 'Iran', 'Iraq','Ireland', 'Israel', 'Japan', 'Jordan', 'Kazakhstan', 'Kenya', 'Kiribati', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Kuwait', 'Kyrgyzstan', 'Laos', 'Lebanon', 'Lesotho', 'Liberia', 'Libya', 'Liechtenstein', 'Macedonia', 'Madagascar', 'Malawi', 'Malaysia', 'Maldives', 'Mali', 'Marshall Islands', 'Mauritania', 'Mauritius', 'Mexico', 'Micronesia', 'Moldova', 'Monaco', 'Mongolia', 'Morocco', 'Mozambique', 'Myanmar', 'Namibia', 'Nauru', 'Nepal', 'New Zealand', 'Nicaragua', 'Niger', 'Nigeria', 'Norway', 'Oman', 'Pakistan', 'Palau', 'Palestinian State', 'Panama', 'Papua New Guinea', 'Paraguay', 'Peru', 'The Philippines', 'Qatar', 'Russia', 'Rwanda', 'St. Kitts and Nevis', 'St. Lucia', 'St. Vincent and The Grenadines', 'Samoa', 'San Marino', 'São Tomé and Príncipe', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Senegal', 'Serbia and Montenegro', 'Seychelles', 'Sierra Leone', 'Singapore', 'Solomon Islands', 'Somalia', 'South Africa', 'Sri Lanka', 'Sudan', 'Suriname', 'Swaziland', 'Switzerland', 'Syria', 'Taiwan', 'Tajikistan', 'Tanzania', 'Thailand', 'Togo', 'Tonga', 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'Tunisia', 'Turkey', 'Turkmenistan', 'Tuvalu', 'Uganda', 'Ukraine', 'United Arab Emirates', 'Uruguay', 'Uzbekistan', 'Vanuatu', 'Vatican City', 'Venezuela', 'Vietnam', 'Western Sahara', 'Yemen', 'Yugoslavia', 'Zaire', 'Zambia'];
   
    

var options= '';

$(document).ready(function(){
       $(document).ready(function(){
        $.each(all_countries, function(intIndex, objValue){
            if(intIndex == 0){
                objValue = '';
                $("select#country").append('<option value="' +objValue+ '">Select a country</option>')
            }else{
                $("select#country").append('<option value="' +objValue+ '">' + objValue + '</option>')
            }
        })
    });




<div class="clr"></div>

                    <div class="textareaboxset-membersform">
                        <p>
                            <span class="title-memberfrm">Country<span class="red">*</span></span>
                            <select class="contentfrmbox-membersform" name="country" id="country"  title="required" >
                            </select>


                            <span id="errormsg_country" class="red error"></span>
                        </p>
                    </div>



Alternative gotten from this web site: http://www.geekpedia.com/code54_Drop-down-list-of-countries.html



<select id="country" name="country">
<option value="" selected="selected"></option>

<option value="United Kingdom" >United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States" >United States</option>

<option value="Afghanistan" >Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania" >Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria" >Algeria</option>
<option value="Andorra" >Andorra</option>
<option value="Antigua and Barbuda" >Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina" >Argentina</option>

<option value="Armenia" >Armenia</option>

<option value="Australia" >Australia</option>
<option value="Austria" >Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan" >Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas" >Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain" >Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh" >Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados" >Barbados</option>

<option value="Belarus" >Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium" >Belgium</option>

<option value="Belize" >Belize</option>
<option value="Benin" >Benin</option>
<option value="Bhutan" >Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia" >Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bosnia and Herzegovina" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana" >Botswana</option>

<option value="Brazil" >Brazil</option>
<option value="Brunei" >Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria" >Bulgaria</option>

<option value="Burkina Faso" >Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi" >Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia" >Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon" >Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada" >Canada</option>
<option value="Cape Verde" >Cape Verde</option>

<option value="Central African Republic" >Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad" >Chad</option>
<option value="Chile" >Chile</option>

<option value="China" >China</option>
<option value="Colombia" >Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros" >Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo" >Congo</option>
<option value="Costa Rica" >Costa Rica</option>

<option value="Cote d'Ivoire" >Cote d'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia" >Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba" >Cuba</option>
<option value="Cyprus" >Cyprus</option>

<option value="Czech Republic" >Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark" >Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti" >Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica" >Dominica</option>

<option value="Dominican Republic" >Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor" >East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador" >Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt" >Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador" >El Salvador</option>

<option value="Equatorial Guinea" >Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea" >Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia" >Estonia</option>

<option value="Ethiopia" >Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Fiji" >Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland" >Finland</option>
<option value="France" >France</option>
<option value="Gabon" >Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia" >Gambia</option>

<option value="Georgia" >Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany" >Germany</option>

<option value="Ghana" >Ghana</option>
<option value="Greece" >Greece</option>
<option value="Grenada" >Grenada</option>
<option value="Guatemala" >Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea" >Guinea</option>
<option value="Guinea-Bissau" >Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="Guyana" >Guyana</option>

<option value="Haiti" >Haiti</option>

<option value="Honduras" >Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong" >Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary" >Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland" >Iceland</option>
<option value="India" >India</option>
<option value="Indonesia" >Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran" >Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq" >Iraq</option>

<option value="Ireland" >Ireland</option>
<option value="Israel" >Israel</option>
<option value="Italy" >Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica" >Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan" >Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan" >Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan" >Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya" >Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati" >Kiribati</option>

<option value="North Korea" >North Korea</option>
<option value="South Korea" >South Korea</option>
<option value="Kuwait" >Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan" >Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos" >Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia" >Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon" >Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho" >Lesotho</option>

<option value="Liberia" >Liberia</option>

<option value="Libya" >Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein" >Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania" >Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg" >Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macedonia" >Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar" >Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malawi" >Malawi</option>

<option value="Malaysia" >Malaysia</option>
<option value="Maldives" >Maldives</option>

<option value="Mali" >Mali</option>
<option value="Malta" >Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands" >Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Mauritania" >Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius" >Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mexico" >Mexico</option>

<option value="Micronesia" >Micronesia</option>
<option value="Moldova" >Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco" >Monaco</option>

<option value="Mongolia" >Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montenegro" >Montenegro</option>
<option value="Morocco" >Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique" >Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar" >Myanmar</option>

<option value="Namibia" >Namibia</option>
<option value="Nauru" >Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal" >Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherlands" >Netherlands</option>

<option value="New Zealand" >New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua" >Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger" >Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria" >Nigeria</option>

<option value="Norway" >Norway</option>
<option value="Oman" >Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan" >Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau" >Palau</option>
<option value="Panama" >Panama</option>

<option value="Papua New Guinea" >Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay" >Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru" >Peru</option>

<option value="Philippines" >Philippines</option>
<option value="Poland" >Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal" >Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico" >Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar" >Qatar</option>
<option value="Romania" >Romania</option>

<option value="Russia" >Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda" >Rwanda</option>

<option value="Saint Kitts and Nevis" >Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option value="Saint Lucia" >Saint Lucia</option>
<option value="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option value="Samoa" >Samoa</option>
<option value="San Marino" >San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome and Principe" >Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia" >Saudi Arabia</option>

<option value="Senegal" >Senegal</option>

<option value="Serbia and Montenegro" >Serbia and Montenegro</option>
<option value="Seychelles" >Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone" >Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore" >Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia" >Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia" >Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands" >Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia" >Somalia</option>

<option value="South Africa" >South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain" >Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka" >Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan" >Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname" >Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland" >Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden" >Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland" >Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria" >Syria</option>

<option value="Taiwan" >Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan" >Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania" >Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand" >Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo" >Togo</option>
<option value="Tonga" >Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad and Tobago" >Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia" >Tunisia</option>

<option value="Turkey" >Turkey</option>

<option value="Turkmenistan" >Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Tuvalu" >Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda" >Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine" >Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Emirates" >United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="Uruguay" >Uruguay</option>

<option value="Uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</option>

<option value="Vanuatu" >Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City" >Vatican City</option>
<option value="Venezuela" >Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam" >Vietnam</option>
<option value="Yemen" >Yemen</option>
<option value="Zambia" >Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe" >Zimbabwe</option>


</select>





















// Not much but trying to cover some edges cases

 var optionstags= [];
    var selected = '';
    var currentval = $.trim($("#mem_country").val());
    //    alert(currentval);
    var all_countries = ['Select a country','United Kingdom','United States','Canada', 'Austria', 'Belgium', 'Bulgaria', 'Cyprus', 'Czech Republic', 'Denmark', 'Estonia', 'Finland', 'France', 'Germany', 'Greece', 'Hungary', 'Italy', 'Latvia', 'Lithuania', 'Luxembourg', 'Malta', 'Netherlands', 'Poland', 'Portugal', 'Romania', 'Slovakia', 'Slovenia', 'Spain', 'Sweden', 'Honduras','El Salvador','Haiti','Jamaica', 'Guyana','Afghanistan', 'Albania', 'Algeria', 'Andorra', 'Angola', 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'Argentina', 'Armenia', 'Australia', 'Azerbaijan', 'Bahamas', 'Bahrain', 'Bangladesh', 'Barbados', 'Belarus', 'Belize', 'Benin', 'Bhutan', 'Bolivia', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'Botswana', 'Brazil', 'Brunei Darussalam', 'Burkina Faso', 'Burma', 'Burundi', 'Cambodia', 'Cameroon', 'Canada', 'Cape Verde', 'Central African Republic', 'Chad', 'Chile', 'China', 'Colombia', 'Comoros', 'Congo', 'Democratic Republic of the Congo', 'Costa Rica', 'Côte d\'Ivoire', 'Croatia', 'Cuba', 'Djibouti', 'Dominica', 'Dominican Republic', 'East Timor', 'Ecuador', 'Egypt', 'England', 'Equatorial Guinea', 'Eritrea', 'Ethiopia', 'Fiji', 'Gabon', 'Gambia', 'Georgia', 'Ghana', 'Grenada', 'Guatemala', 'Guinea', 'Guinea-Bissau', 'Iceland', 'India', 'Indonesia', 'Iran', 'Iraq','Ireland', 'Israel', 'Japan', 'Jordan', 'Kazakhstan', 'Kenya', 'Kiribati', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Kuwait', 'Kyrgyzstan', 'Laos', 'Lebanon', 'Lesotho', 'Liberia', 'Libya', 'Liechtenstein', 'Macedonia', 'Madagascar', 'Malawi', 'Malaysia', 'Maldives', 'Mali', 'Marshall Islands', 'Mauritania', 'Mauritius', 'Mexico', 'Micronesia', 'Moldova', 'Monaco', 'Mongolia', 'Morocco', 'Mozambique', 'Myanmar', 'Namibia', 'Nauru', 'Nepal', 'New Zealand', 'Nicaragua', 'Niger', 'Nigeria', 'Norway', 'Oman', 'Pakistan', 'Palau', 'Palestinian State', 'Panama', 'Papua New Guinea', 'Paraguay', 'Peru', 'The Philippines', 'Qatar', 'Russia', 'Rwanda', 'St. Kitts and Nevis', 'St. Lucia', 'St. Vincent and The Grenadines', 'Samoa', 'San Marino', 'São Tomé and Príncipe', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Senegal', 'Serbia and Montenegro', 'Seychelles', 'Sierra Leone', 'Singapore', 'Solomon Islands', 'Somalia', 'South Africa', 'Sri Lanka', 'Sudan', 'Suriname', 'Swaziland', 'Switzerland', 'Syria', 'Taiwan', 'Tajikistan', 'Tanzania', 'Thailand', 'Togo', 'Tonga', 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'Tunisia', 'Turkey', 'Turkmenistan', 'Tuvalu', 'Uganda', 'Ukraine', 'United Arab Emirates', 'Uruguay', 'Uzbekistan', 'Vanuatu', 'Vatican City', 'Venezuela', 'Vietnam', 'Western Sahara', 'Yemen', 'Yugoslavia', 'Zaire', 'Zambia'];
    if(currentval == '')
        $.each(all_countries, function(intIndex, objValue){
            if(intIndex == 0){
                objValue = '';
                optionstags.push('<option value="' +objValue+ '">Select a country</option>');
            }else{
                optionstags.push('<option value="' +objValue+ '">' + objValue + '</option>');
            }
        });

    else
        $.each(all_countries, function(intIndex, objValue){
            if(objValue == currentval){
                selected +='<option selected value="' +objValue+ '">' + objValue + '</option>';                
            }else if(intIndex == 0){
                objValue = '';            
            }else{
                optionstags.push('<option value="' +objValue+ '">' + objValue + '</option>');           
            }
        });
    optionstags.splice(1, 0, selected);
    $.each(optionstags, function(intIndex, objValue){
        $("select#country").append(objValue);
    });