To retrieve the metadata of the State and Country picklist values to list Country values, follow the steps below:
1. Navigate to:
Classic: Setup | Data Management | State and Country/Territory Picklists
Lighting: gear icon | Setup | Data | State and Country/Territory Picklists
2. Click Configure states and countries.
3. In the configuration page:
Classic: right-click on the page where the countries are listed and select 'View Page Source'.
Lighting: right-click on the page where the countries are listed and select 'View Frame Source.'
If you scroll down in the resulting source code you will see the XML Country output that you will want to copy. You should see the country codes similar to the following:
Vote, comment, and view a workaround with Visual Studio in the Salesforce IdeaExchange on implementing State & Country Picklists - Ability to export State and Country.
Visit the Trailblazer Community here for some alternate options with the APIs.
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