title: Datatype for country in MySQL
body: <p>I'm creating a database for myself and I have a registration form that asks people for their name, password, email, mobile, age, and location. It's hopefully going to be like a dating site. </p>
  
  <p>So far I have (for my database)</p>
  
  <pre><code>create table members(
      user VARCHAR(16),
      password VARCHAR(16),
      email VARCHAR(320),
      mobile VARCHAR(15),
      age INT(3)
      #location ???
      INDEX(user(6));
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong> <strong>forgot to ask the question</strong></p>
  
  <p>What datatype should be used for the <code>location</code> and does the database look safe enough?</p>
  
  <p>The location is by country and is selected by a drop-down menu.</p>