Bind Countries to a DropDownList in ASP.NET

How to get list of all countries and bind to a dropdown list in ASP.NET

Create an ASP.NET application and add a DropDownList to the page something like this.

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCountry" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>

Now call this GetCountryList method on your page load that will bind and display countries in the DropDownList.

public List<string> GetCountryList()

    {

      List<string> list = new List<string>();

      CultureInfo[] cultures =

                  CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.InstalledWin32Cultures | 
                  CultureTypes.SpecificCultures);

      foreach (CultureInfo info in cultures)

      {

          RegionInfo info2 = new RegionInfo(info.LCID);

          if (!list.Contains(info2.EnglishName))

          {

              list.Add(info2.EnglishName);

          }

      }

      return list;

    }

ddlLocation.DataSource = GetCountryList();

        ddlLocation.DataBind();

ddlLocation.Items.Insert(0, "Select");

Note: Updated attachement contains code for orderby the list using LINQ.