How to find a list of countries?
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  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1788950/where-can-i-get-a-list-of-all-countries-cities-to-populate-a-listbox">Where can I get a list of all countries/cities to populate a listbox?</a>  </p>
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<p>Working on a system that needs a list of all countries, I've found that the common "trick" (*) of using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>CultureInfo</code></a> and <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.regioninfo.aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>RegionInfo</code></a> gives a list that is incomplete (missing Cuba, for example).</p>

<p>(*) See <a href="http://vbcity.com/blogs/mike-mcintyre/archive/2009/04/21/country-list-for-combobox-or-dropdown-from-net-globalization-namespace.aspx" rel="nofollow">Country List for ComboBox or DropDown from .NET Globalization Namespace</a> for one example.</p>

<p>Given that this approach fails, what's a better way to do this?</p>

<p>I guess we can fall back on adding a database table and manually populating a list of countries, but surely there's a smarter way.</p>
