How to get all list of country in magento

Write the following code to any phtml file or template file you will get list of all the Country


<select name="country" id="country">

<?php $country_list = Mage::getResourceModel('directory/country_collection')

->loadData()

->toOptionArray(false) ?>

<?php if (count($country_list) > 0){ ?>

<option value="">Please Select</option>

<?php foreach($country_list as $country){ ?>

<option value="<?php echo $country['value'] ?>">

<?php echo $country['label'] ?>

</option>

<?php } ?>

<?php }?>

</select>