JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.4/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.4/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<div id="sortingtable"></div>

JavaScript

(function ($) {
       jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['num-html-asc'] = function (a, b) {
           var x = a.substring(a.indexOf(">") + 1, a.indexOf("<", a.indexOf("<") + 1));
           var y = b.substring(b.indexOf(">") + 1, b.indexOf("<", b.indexOf("<") + 1));
           return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
       };
       jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['num-html-desc'] = function (a, b) {
           var x = a.substring(a.indexOf(">") + 1, a.indexOf("<", a.indexOf("<") + 1));
           var y = b.substring(b.indexOf(">") + 1, b.indexOf("<", b.indexOf("<") + 1));
           return ((x < y) ? 1 : ((x > y) ? -1 : 0));
       };
   })(jQuery);

  
   $(function () {

       /*Creating the html for the table with id 'sort_table'*/
       var sorttablehtml = "<table id='sort_table'><thead><tr><th>FirstName</th>  <th>FamilyName</th></tr></thead><tbody>";
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">1024</a></td><td>United States</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">102456</a></td><td>Paris</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">10245678</a></td><td>Australia</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">202456</a></td><td>Nigeria</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr><td><a href="xyz">3045</a></td><td>Spain</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">44444</a></td><td>Germany</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += '<tr ><td><a href="xyz">5024</a></td><td>Italy</td></tr>';
       sorttablehtml += "</tbody></table>";


       $('#sortingtable').html(sorttablehtml);
debugger;
       oTable = $('#sort_table').dataTable({
           "bStateSave": true,
          columnDefs: [
       { type: 'num-html', targets: 0 }
     ]

       });

   });