diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf5741b..187f87e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [2.11.0]
+- CountryDropdown now only selects initialCountryData instead of phone code
+because there are cases when different countries share the same phone code 
+and we still need to tell them apart
 ## [2.10.9]
 - Fixed https://github.com/caseyryan/flutter_multi_formatter/issues/123
 - Fixed https://github.com/caseyryan/flutter_multi_formatter/issues/116
diff --git a/example/lib/pages/phone_format_page.dart b/example/lib/pages/phone_format_page.dart
index e9503fa..5118a71 100644
--- a/example/lib/pages/phone_format_page.dart
+++ b/example/lib/pages/phone_format_page.dart
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ class _PhoneFormatPageState extends State<PhoneFormatPage> {
                         flex: 3,
                         child: CountryDropdown(
                           printCountryName: true,
-                          initialPhoneCode: '7',
+                          initialCountryData:
+                              PhoneCodes.getPhoneCountryDataByCountryCode(
+                            'RU',
+                          ),
                           onCountrySelected: (PhoneCountryData countryData) {
                             setState(() {
                               _initialCountryData = countryData;
@@ -132,7 +135,10 @@ class _PhoneFormatPageState extends State<PhoneFormatPage> {
                         flex: 3,
                         child: CountryDropdown(
                           printCountryName: true,
-                          initialPhoneCode: '7',
+                          initialCountryData:
+                              PhoneCodes.getPhoneCountryDataByCountryCode(
+                            'RU',
+                          ),
                           filter: PhoneCodes.findCountryDatasByCountryCodes(
                             countryIsoCodes: [
                               'RU',
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index 37a752d..c70c56e 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "2.10.9"
+    version: "2.11.0"
   flutter_test:
     dependency: "direct dev"
     description: flutter
diff --git a/lib/formatters/phone_input_formatter.dart b/lib/formatters/phone_input_formatter.dart
index ec2cd88..6a35b54 100644
--- a/lib/formatters/phone_input_formatter.dart
+++ b/lib/formatters/phone_input_formatter.dart
@@ -471,6 +471,22 @@ class PhoneCountryData {
 
   String? _maskWithoutCountryCode;
 
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(covariant PhoneCountryData other) {
+    return other.phoneCode == phoneCode &&
+        other.internalPhoneCode == internalPhoneCode &&
+        other.country == country;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode {
+    return Object.hash(
+      phoneCode,
+      internalPhoneCode,
+      country,
+    );
+  }
+
   String getCorrectMask(String? countryCode) {
     if (countryCode == null) {
       return phoneMask!;
diff --git a/lib/widgets/country_dropdown.dart b/lib/widgets/country_dropdown.dart
index fa62ea6..218e04f 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/country_dropdown.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/country_dropdown.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class CountryDropdown extends StatefulWidget {
   final CountryItemBuilder? selectedItemBuilder;
   final CountryItemBuilder? listItemBuilder;
   final bool printCountryName;
-  final String? initialPhoneCode;
+  final PhoneCountryData? initialCountryData;
   final List<PhoneCountryData>? filter;
   final ValueChanged<PhoneCountryData> onCountrySelected;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class CountryDropdown extends StatefulWidget {
 
   /// [filter] if you need a predefined list of countries only,
   /// pass it here
-  /// [initialPhoneCode] a phone code of the country without leading +
+  /// [initialCountryData] initial country data to be selected
   /// [selectedItemBuilder] use this if you want to make
   /// the selected item look the way you want
   /// [listItemBuilder] the same as [selectedItemBuilder] but
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CountryDropdown extends StatefulWidget {
     this.selectedItemBuilder,
     this.listItemBuilder,
     this.printCountryName = false,
-    this.initialPhoneCode,
+    this.initialCountryData,
     this.triggerOnCountrySelectedInitially = true,
     this.filter,
     required this.onCountrySelected,
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ class _CountryDropdownState extends State<CountryDropdown> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     _countryItems = widget.filter ?? PhoneCodes.getAllCountryDatas();
-    if (widget.initialPhoneCode != null) {
-      _initialValue = _countryItems.firstWhereOrNull(
-              (c) => c.phoneCode == widget.initialPhoneCode) ??
+    if (widget.initialCountryData != null) {
+      _initialValue = _countryItems
+              .firstWhereOrNull((c) => c == widget.initialCountryData) ??
           _countryItems.first;
     }
     if (widget.triggerOnCountrySelectedInitially && _initialValue != null) {
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 3272fb9..c7da2fd 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: flutter_multi_formatter
 description: A package of formatters for international phone numbers, credit / debit cards and a masked formatter
-version: 2.10.9
+version: 2.11.0
 homepage: https://github.com/caseyryan/flutter_multi_formatter
 
 environment: