diff --git a/CountryPickerView.podspec b/CountryPickerView.podspec
index d35cbeb..4624fa7 100755
--- a/CountryPickerView.podspec
+++ b/CountryPickerView.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
 
   spec.name         = "CountryPickerView"
-  spec.version      = "3.0.9"
+  spec.version      = "3.1.0"
   spec.summary      = "A simple, customizable view for selecting countries in iOS apps."
   spec.homepage     = "https://github.com/kizitonwose/CountryPickerView"
   spec.license      = "MIT"
diff --git a/CountryPickerView/CountryPickerViewController.swift b/CountryPickerView/CountryPickerViewController.swift
index 2e0327b..1a6a519 100644
--- a/CountryPickerView/CountryPickerViewController.swift
+++ b/CountryPickerView/CountryPickerViewController.swift
@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ extension CountryPickerViewController {
     func prepareTableItems()  {
         if !showOnlyPreferredSection {
             let countriesArray = countryPickerView.countries
+            let locale = dataSource.localeForCountryNameInList
             
             var groupedData = Dictionary<String, [Country]>(grouping: countriesArray) {
-                let name = $0.localizedName(dataSource.localeForCountryNameInList) ?? $0.name
+                let name = $0.localizedName(locale) ?? $0.name
                 return String(name.capitalized[name.startIndex])
             }
             groupedData.forEach{ key, value in
                 groupedData[key] = value.sorted(by: { (lhs, rhs) -> Bool in
-                    return lhs.name < rhs.name
+                    return lhs.localizedName(locale) ?? lhs.name < rhs.localizedName(locale) ?? rhs.name
                 })
             }
             
diff --git a/CountryPickerViewDemo/Podfile.lock b/CountryPickerViewDemo/Podfile.lock
index 08dd9c5..6dc7b12 100644
--- a/CountryPickerViewDemo/Podfile.lock
+++ b/CountryPickerViewDemo/Podfile.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PODS:
-  - CountryPickerView (3.0.8)
+  - CountryPickerView (3.1.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
   - CountryPickerView (from `../`)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../"
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  CountryPickerView: d36c6fa3422671b1ba7c4d217e7367ca64de44e2
+  CountryPickerView: ab341e2253d5e1231ff679ec93441e413703cb9c
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 649829ad9a32abd953e33364dc48a4a40a615047