Zend Locale: Create a country dropdown list

countries.php

$countries = Zend_Locale::getTranslationList('territory');
asort($countries);
$options = array();
 
foreach ($countries as $short => $translation) {
    if (strlen($short) == 2) {
        $options[] = [
            'key' => $translation,
            'value' => $short
        ];
    }
}
 
return $options;