How to Add Country List in Laravel App?

Hello,

This article will give an example about how to add country list in your laravel application. You will easily make country migration and seeder. I explained step by step laravel get country list. You can easily use any laravel application like laravel 5, laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8 and laravel 9 application. Let's start:

Step 1: Install Laravel

First of all we need to get fresh Laravel 8 version application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel countryBlog

Step 2: Create Seeder and Country Model

here, we will create migration and model for country table,

php artisan make:migration model Country -m

database/migrations/2022_12_09_2342_countries_table.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  
class CreateCountriesTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('countries', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('code');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
  
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('countries');
    }
}

now, run command using terminal

php artisan migrate

now, we need to add fillable into our model

app/Models/County.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Models;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  
class Country extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
  
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'code'
    ];
}

Step 3: Create Seeder

after creating model and migration, we need to create seeder for country table

php artisan make:seeder CountryTableSeeder

database/seeders/CountrySeeder.php

<?php
  
namespace Database\Seeders;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\Country;
  
class CountrySeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        Country::truncate();
  
        $countries = [
            ['name' => 'Afghanistan', 'code' => 'AF'],
            ['name' => 'Åland Islands', 'code' => 'AX'],
            ['name' => 'Albania', 'code' => 'AL'],
            ['name' => 'Algeria', 'code' => 'DZ'],
            ['name' => 'American Samoa', 'code' => 'AS'],
            ['name' => 'Andorra', 'code' => 'AD'],
            ['name' => 'Angola', 'code' => 'AO'],
            ['name' => 'Anguilla', 'code' => 'AI'],
            ['name' => 'Antarctica', 'code' => 'AQ'],
            ['name' => 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'code' => 'AG'],
            ['name' => 'Argentina', 'code' => 'AR'],
            ['name' => 'Armenia', 'code' => 'AM'],
            ['name' => 'Aruba', 'code' => 'AW'],
            ['name' => 'Australia', 'code' => 'AU'],
            ['name' => 'Austria', 'code' => 'AT'],
            ['name' => 'Azerbaijan', 'code' => 'AZ'],
            ['name' => 'Bahamas', 'code' => 'BS'],
            ['name' => 'Bahrain', 'code' => 'BH'],
            ['name' => 'Bangladesh', 'code' => 'BD'],
            ['name' => 'Barbados', 'code' => 'BB'],
            ['name' => 'Belarus', 'code' => 'BY'],
            ['name' => 'Belgium', 'code' => 'BE'],
            ['name' => 'Belize', 'code' => 'BZ'],
            ['name' => 'Benin', 'code' => 'BJ'],
            ['name' => 'Bermuda', 'code' => 'BM'],
            ['name' => 'Bhutan', 'code' => 'BT'],
            ['name' => 'Bolivia, Plurinational State of', 'code' => 'BO'],
            ['name' => 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba', 'code' => 'BQ'],
            ['name' => 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'code' => 'BA'],
            ['name' => 'Botswana', 'code' => 'BW'],
            ['name' => 'Bouvet Island', 'code' => 'BV'],
            ['name' => 'Brazil', 'code' => 'BR'],
            ['name' => 'British Indian Ocean Territory', 'code' => 'IO'],
            ['name' => 'Brunei Darussalam', 'code' => 'BN'],
            ['name' => 'Bulgaria', 'code' => 'BG'],
            ['name' => 'Burkina Faso', 'code' => 'BF'],
            ['name' => 'Burundi', 'code' => 'BI'],
            ['name' => 'Cambodia', 'code' => 'KH'],
            ['name' => 'Cameroon', 'code' => 'CM'],
            ['name' => 'Canada', 'code' => 'CA'],
            ['name' => 'Cape Verde', 'code' => 'CV'],
            ['name' => 'Cayman Islands', 'code' => 'KY'],
            ['name' => 'Central African Republic', 'code' => 'CF'],
            ['name' => 'Chad', 'code' => 'TD'],
            ['name' => 'Chile', 'code' => 'CL'],
            ['name' => 'China', 'code' => 'CN'],
            ['name' => 'Christmas Island', 'code' => 'CX'],
            ['name' => 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands', 'code' => 'CC'],
            ['name' => 'Colombia', 'code' => 'CO'],
            ['name' => 'Comoros', 'code' => 'KM'],
            ['name' => 'Congo', 'code' => 'CG'],
            ['name' => 'Congo, the Democratic Republic of the', 'code' => 'CD'],
            ['name' => 'Cook Islands', 'code' => 'CK'],
            ['name' => 'Costa Rica', 'code' => 'CR'],
            ['name' => 'Côte d\'Ivoire', 'code' => 'CI'],
            ['name' => 'Croatia', 'code' => 'HR'],
            ['name' => 'Cuba', 'code' => 'CU'],
            ['name' => 'Curaçao', 'code' => 'CW'],
            ['name' => 'Cyprus', 'code' => 'CY'],
            ['name' => 'Czech Republic', 'code' => 'CZ'],
            ['name' => 'Denmark', 'code' => 'DK'],
            ['name' => 'Djibouti', 'code' => 'DJ'],
            ['name' => 'Dominica', 'code' => 'DM'],
            ['name' => 'Dominican Republic', 'code' => 'DO'],
            ['name' => 'Ecuador', 'code' => 'EC'],
            ['name' => 'Egypt', 'code' => 'EG'],
            ['name' => 'El Salvador', 'code' => 'SV'],
            ['name' => 'Equatorial Guinea', 'code' => 'GQ'],
            ['name' => 'Eritrea', 'code' => 'ER'],
            ['name' => 'Estonia', 'code' => 'EE'],
            ['name' => 'Ethiopia', 'code' => 'ET'],
            ['name' => 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)', 'code' => 'FK'],
            ['name' => 'Faroe Islands', 'code' => 'FO'],
            ['name' => 'Fiji', 'code' => 'FJ'],
            ['name' => 'Finland', 'code' => 'FI'],
            ['name' => 'France', 'code' => 'FR'],
            ['name' => 'French Guiana', 'code' => 'GF'],
            ['name' => 'French Polynesia', 'code' => 'PF'],
            ['name' => 'French Southern Territories', 'code' => 'TF'],
            ['name' => 'Gabon', 'code' => 'GA'],
            ['name' => 'Gambia', 'code' => 'GM'],
            ['name' => 'Georgia', 'code' => 'GE'],
            ['name' => 'Germany', 'code' => 'DE'],
            ['name' => 'Ghana', 'code' => 'GH'],
            ['name' => 'Gibraltar', 'code' => 'GI'],
            ['name' => 'Greece', 'code' => 'GR'],
            ['name' => 'Greenland', 'code' => 'GL'],
            ['name' => 'Grenada', 'code' => 'GD'],
            ['name' => 'Guadeloupe', 'code' => 'GP'],
            ['name' => 'Guam', 'code' => 'GU'],
            ['name' => 'Guatemala', 'code' => 'GT'],
            ['name' => 'Guernsey', 'code' => 'GG'],
            ['name' => 'Guinea', 'code' => 'GN'],
            ['name' => 'Guinea-Bissau', 'code' => 'GW'],
            ['name' => 'Guyana', 'code' => 'GY'],
            ['name' => 'Haiti', 'code' => 'HT'],
            ['name' => 'Heard Island and McDonald Mcdonald Islands', 'code' => 'HM'],
            ['name' => 'Holy See (Vatican City State)', 'code' => 'VA'],
            ['name' => 'Honduras', 'code' => 'HN'],
            ['name' => 'Hong Kong', 'code' => 'HK'],
            ['name' => 'Hungary', 'code' => 'HU'],
            ['name' => 'Iceland', 'code' => 'IS'],
            ['name' => 'India', 'code' => 'IN'],
            ['name' => 'Indonesia', 'code' => 'ID'],
            ['name' => 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'code' => 'IR'],
            ['name' => 'Iraq', 'code' => 'IQ'],
            ['name' => 'Ireland', 'code' => 'IE'],
            ['name' => 'Isle of Man', 'code' => 'IM'],
            ['name' => 'Israel', 'code' => 'IL'],
            ['name' => 'Italy', 'code' => 'IT'],
            ['name' => 'Jamaica', 'code' => 'JM'],
            ['name' => 'Japan', 'code' => 'JP'],
            ['name' => 'Jersey', 'code' => 'JE'],
            ['name' => 'Jordan', 'code' => 'JO'],
            ['name' => 'Kazakhstan', 'code' => 'KZ'],
            ['name' => 'Kenya', 'code' => 'KE'],
            ['name' => 'Kiribati', 'code' => 'KI'],
            ['name' => 'Korea, Democratic People\'s Republic of', 'code' => 'KP'],
            ['name' => 'Korea, Republic of', 'code' => 'KR'],
            ['name' => 'Kuwait', 'code' => 'KW'],
            ['name' => 'Kyrgyzstan', 'code' => 'KG'],
            ['name' => 'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic', 'code' => 'LA'],
            ['name' => 'Latvia', 'code' => 'LV'],
            ['name' => 'Lebanon', 'code' => 'LB'],
            ['name' => 'Lesotho', 'code' => 'LS'],
            ['name' => 'Liberia', 'code' => 'LR'],
            ['name' => 'Libya', 'code' => 'LY'],
            ['name' => 'Liechtenstein', 'code' => 'LI'],
            ['name' => 'Lithuania', 'code' => 'LT'],
            ['name' => 'Luxembourg', 'code' => 'LU'],
            ['name' => 'Macao', 'code' => 'MO'],
            ['name' => 'Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of', 'code' => 'MK'],
            ['name' => 'Madagascar', 'code' => 'MG'],
            ['name' => 'Malawi', 'code' => 'MW'],
            ['name' => 'Malaysia', 'code' => 'MY'],
            ['name' => 'Maldives', 'code' => 'MV'],
            ['name' => 'Mali', 'code' => 'ML'],
            ['name' => 'Malta', 'code' => 'MT'],
            ['name' => 'Marshall Islands', 'code' => 'MH'],
            ['name' => 'Martinique', 'code' => 'MQ'],
            ['name' => 'Mauritania', 'code' => 'MR'],
            ['name' => 'Mauritius', 'code' => 'MU'],
            ['name' => 'Mayotte', 'code' => 'YT'],
            ['name' => 'Mexico', 'code' => 'MX'],
            ['name' => 'Micronesia, Federated States of', 'code' => 'FM'],
            ['name' => 'Moldova, Republic of', 'code' => 'MD'],
            ['name' => 'Monaco', 'code' => 'MC'],
            ['name' => 'Mongolia', 'code' => 'MN'],
            ['name' => 'Montenegro', 'code' => 'ME'],
            ['name' => 'Montserrat', 'code' => 'MS'],
            ['name' => 'Morocco', 'code' => 'MA'],
            ['name' => 'Mozambique', 'code' => 'MZ'],
            ['name' => 'Myanmar', 'code' => 'MM'],
            ['name' => 'Namibia', 'code' => 'NA'],
            ['name' => 'Nauru', 'code' => 'NR'],
            ['name' => 'Nepal', 'code' => 'NP'],
            ['name' => 'Netherlands', 'code' => 'NL'],
            ['name' => 'New Caledonia', 'code' => 'NC'],
            ['name' => 'New Zealand', 'code' => 'NZ'],
            ['name' => 'Nicaragua', 'code' => 'NI'],
            ['name' => 'Niger', 'code' => 'NE'],
            ['name' => 'Nigeria', 'code' => 'NG'],
            ['name' => 'Niue', 'code' => 'NU'],
            ['name' => 'Norfolk Island', 'code' => 'NF'],
            ['name' => 'Northern Mariana Islands', 'code' => 'MP'],
            ['name' => 'Norway', 'code' => 'NO'],
            ['name' => 'Oman', 'code' => 'OM'],
            ['name' => 'Pakistan', 'code' => 'PK'],
            ['name' => 'Palau', 'code' => 'PW'],
            ['name' => 'Palestine, State of', 'code' => 'PS'],
            ['name' => 'Panama', 'code' => 'PA'],
            ['name' => 'Papua New Guinea', 'code' => 'PG'],
            ['name' => 'Paraguay', 'code' => 'PY'],
            ['name' => 'Peru', 'code' => 'PE'],
            ['name' => 'Philippines', 'code' => 'PH'],
            ['name' => 'Pitcairn', 'code' => 'PN'],
            ['name' => 'Poland', 'code' => 'PL'],
            ['name' => 'Portugal', 'code' => 'PT'],
            ['name' => 'Puerto Rico', 'code' => 'PR'],
            ['name' => 'Qatar', 'code' => 'QA'],
            ['name' => 'Réunion', 'code' => 'RE'],
            ['name' => 'Romania', 'code' => 'RO'],
            ['name' => 'Russian Federation', 'code' => 'RU'],
            ['name' => 'Rwanda', 'code' => 'RW'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Barthélemy', 'code' => 'BL'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha', 'code' => 'SH'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', 'code' => 'KN'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Lucia', 'code' => 'LC'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Martin (French part)', 'code' => 'MF'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon', 'code' => 'PM'],
            ['name' => 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', 'code' => 'VC'],
            ['name' => 'Samoa', 'code' => 'WS'],
            ['name' => 'San Marino', 'code' => 'SM'],
            ['name' => 'Sao Tome and Principe', 'code' => 'ST'],
            ['name' => 'Saudi Arabia', 'code' => 'SA'],
            ['name' => 'Senegal', 'code' => 'SN'],
            ['name' => 'Serbia', 'code' => 'RS'],
            ['name' => 'Seychelles', 'code' => 'SC'],
            ['name' => 'Sierra Leone', 'code' => 'SL'],
            ['name' => 'Singapore', 'code' => 'SG'],
            ['name' => 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part)', 'code' => 'SX'],
            ['name' => 'Slovakia', 'code' => 'SK'],
            ['name' => 'Slovenia', 'code' => 'SI'],
            ['name' => 'Solomon Islands', 'code' => 'SB'],
            ['name' => 'Somalia', 'code' => 'SO'],
            ['name' => 'South Africa', 'code' => 'ZA'],
            ['name' => 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands', 'code' => 'GS'],
            ['name' => 'South Sudan', 'code' => 'SS'],
            ['name' => 'Spain', 'code' => 'ES'],
            ['name' => 'Sri Lanka', 'code' => 'LK'],
            ['name' => 'Sudan', 'code' => 'SD'],
            ['name' => 'Suriname', 'code' => 'SR'],
            ['name' => 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen', 'code' => 'SJ'],
            ['name' => 'Swaziland', 'code' => 'SZ'],
            ['name' => 'Sweden', 'code' => 'SE'],
            ['name' => 'Switzerland', 'code' => 'CH'],
            ['name' => 'Syrian Arab Republic', 'code' => 'SY'],
            ['name' => 'Taiwan', 'code' => 'TW'],
            ['name' => 'Tajikistan', 'code' => 'TJ'],
            ['name' => 'Tanzania, United Republic of', 'code' => 'TZ'],
            ['name' => 'Thailand', 'code' => 'TH'],
            ['name' => 'Timor-Leste', 'code' => 'TL'],
            ['name' => 'Togo', 'code' => 'TG'],
            ['name' => 'Tokelau', 'code' => 'TK'],
            ['name' => 'Tonga', 'code' => 'TO'],
            ['name' => 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'code' => 'TT'],
            ['name' => 'Tunisia', 'code' => 'TN'],
            ['name' => 'Turkey', 'code' => 'TR'],
            ['name' => 'Turkmenistan', 'code' => 'TM'],
            ['name' => 'Turks and Caicos Islands', 'code' => 'TC'],
            ['name' => 'Tuvalu', 'code' => 'TV'],
            ['name' => 'Uganda', 'code' => 'UG'],
            ['name' => 'Ukraine', 'code' => 'UA'],
            ['name' => 'United Arab Emirates', 'code' => 'AE'],
            ['name' => 'United Kingdom', 'code' => 'GB'],
            ['name' => 'United States', 'code' => 'US'],
            ['name' => 'United States Minor Outlying Islands', 'code' => 'UM'],
            ['name' => 'Uruguay', 'code' => 'UY'],
            ['name' => 'Uzbekistan', 'code' => 'UZ'],
            ['name' => 'Vanuatu', 'code' => 'VU'],
            ['name' => 'Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of', 'code' => 'VE'],
            ['name' => 'Viet Nam', 'code' => 'VN'],
            ['name' => 'Virgin Islands, British', 'code' => 'VG'],
            ['name' => 'Virgin Islands, U.S.', 'code' => 'VI'],
            ['name' => 'Wallis and Futuna', 'code' => 'WF'],
            ['name' => 'Western Sahara', 'code' => 'EH'],
            ['name' => 'Yemen', 'code' => 'YE'],
            ['name' => 'Zambia', 'code' => 'ZM'],
            ['name' => 'Zimbabwe', 'code' => 'ZW'],
        ];
          
        foreach ($countries as $key => $value) {
            Country::create($value);
        }
    }
}

let's run seeder

php artisan db:seed --class=CountrySeeder

Now you can use country list in anywhere where you need.

hank you for you time.