What is the best mechanism for language and country selection?

1. Where to place language selector?
2. What would you use to let the user select their country from a list of countries?

Where to place language selector?

Users expect the language selector to be located in the header or the footer of each page, and they often watch out for flags, “Globe” or “Translate” icons to find it. If you have just a few languages, a drop-down overlay might be perfectly enough.

What would you use to let the user select their country from a list of countries?

Country Selector

Country selectors are by far the most popular. They allow the user to at least identify the options and choose the country of their preference.