&lt;!-- required css & js --&gt;
&lt;link href="/assets/plugins/jquery-typeahead/dist/jquery.typeahead.min.css" rel="stylesheet"&gt;
&lt;script src="/assets/plugins/jquery-typeahead/dist/jquery.typeahead.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

&lt;!-- html --&gt;
&lt;input type="text" value="" placeholder="Type 'af'" class="form-control" id="typeahead"&gt;

&lt;!-- script --&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
  $.typeahead({
    input: '#typeahead',
      order: "desc",
        source: {
          data: [
            "Afghanistan", "Albania",
              ...
            ]
        }
  });
&lt;/script&gt;