List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

This is a listing of countries with McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. It has more than 33,000 outlets worldwide. The majority of McDonald's outlets outside of the United States are franchises.

The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.

Countries currently with a McDonald's outlet

Badge issued to celebrate the opening of the first McDonald's in Belarus, which by the company's calculation was its 100th country

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McDonald's in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

First McDonald's in Italy (Rome, 1986, near Piazza di Spagna, 425 seats).

McDonald's in Angeles City, Philippines.

McDonald's delivery service in front of a 24 hour branch in Seoul, South Korea.

#	Country	Date	First outlet location	Number of currently operating outlets	Source and date of source	Notes
1	United States	May 15, 1940	San Bernardino, California	18,590	(source: March 2011)
2	Canada	June 1, 1967	Richmond, British Columbia	1,400	(source: March 2007 and June 2012)	See McDonald's Canada
3	Puerto Rico	November 10, 1967	San Juan	85	(source: December 2012)	First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean. Left in 1974 after labor dispute, but returned with non-union labor in 1980.
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	September 4, 1970	St. Croix
5	Costa Rica	December 28, 1970	San Jose, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue.	52	(source: February 2012)	Third country (not U.S. possession) and first outlet outside Northern America where McDonald's opened.
6	Guam	June 10, 1971	Dededo			First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas.
7	Japan	July 20, 1971	Tokyo	3,598	(source: 2004)	First outlet in Asia
8	Netherlands	August 21, 1971	Zaandam	225	(source: 2011)	First outlet in Europe.
9	Panama	September 1, 1971	Panama City	37	(source: 2009)
10	Germany	November 22, 1971	Munich	1,361	(source: February 2010)	First outlet in West Germany: outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991.
11	Australia	May 30, 1971	Yagoona, New South Wales	780+	(source: September 2011)	First outlet in Oceania (in a sovereign state).
12	France	June 30, 1972	Creteil	1,200+	(source: January 2012)	First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979
13	El Salvador	July 20, 1972	San Salvador	11	(source: Sept 2009)	Left in 1980 during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned after the war in 1992.
14	Sweden	October 27, 1973	Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm	230	(source: December 2009)	First outlet in Scandinavia.
15	Guatemala	June 6, 1974	Guatemala City	80	(source: 2011)
16	Curacao	August 16, 1974	Willemstad
17	England	October 1, 1974	Woolwich, London	1250+	(source: 2012, United Kingdom-wide)
18	Hong Kong Hong Kong	January 8, 1975	Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.	200	(source: 2009)	Then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory.
19	Bahamas	August 4, 1975	Nassau
20	New Zealand	June 7, 1976	Porirua Central, Wellington	161	(source: September 2011)	Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987.
21	Switzerland	October 20, 1976	Geneva	151	(source: March 2011)
22	Ireland	May 9, 1977	Grafton Street, Dublin	103	(source: February 2011)
23	Austria	July 21, 1977	Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna	168	(source: 2009)
24	Belgium	March 21, 1978	Brussels	64	(source: 2004)
25	Brazil	February 13, 1979	Rio de Janeiro	1,413	(source: 2011)	First outlet in South America.
26	Singapore	October 20, 1979	Liat Towers, Orchard Road	180	(source: 2011)
27	Spain	March 10, 1981	Madrid	435	(source: 2012)
28	Denmark	April 15, 1981	Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen	84	(source: 2012)
29	Philippines	September 27, 1981	Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila	320	(source: 2011)
30	Malaysia	April 29, 1982	Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur	194	(source: 2009)	First outlet in a Muslim-majority country.
31	Norway	November 18, 1983	Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo	73	(source: November 2012)
32	Taiwan	January 28, 1984	Taipei City, Taiwan	388	(source: 2013)
33	Andorra	June 29, 1984	Andorra la Vella	3	(source: 2009)
34	Wales	December 3, 1984	Cardiff
35	Finland	December 14, 1984	Tampere	93	(source: 2004)
36	Thailand	February 23, 1985	Bangkok	149	(source: 2012)
37	Aruba	April 4, 1985	Oranjestad
38	Luxembourg	July 17, 1985	Luxembourg City	7	(source: 2009)
39	Venezuela	August 31, 1985	Caracas	148	(source: 2012)
40	Italy	October 15, 1985	near Piazza di Spagna, Rome	392	(source: 2009)
41	Mexico	October 29, 1985	Mexico City	500+	(source: 2011)
42	Cuba	April 24, 1986	Guantanamo Bay	1	(source: 2009)	Open only to base personnel. Ordinary Cubans cannot access.
43	Turkey	October 24, 1986	Istanbul	193	(source: September 2012)	First outlet in the Greater Middle East.
44	Argentina	November 24, 1986	Belgrano, Buenos Aires	200+	(source:2012)
45	Macao Macao	April 11, 1987	Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula			Then Portuguese territory; McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later.
46	Scotland	November 23, 1987	Dundee			Second store was Kirkcaldy. It took over 13 years since McDonald's first appeared in the UK.
47	Yugoslavia Serbia	March 24, 1988	Slavija Square, Belgrade	17	(source: 2012)	First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans.
48	South Korea	March 29, 1988	Seoul	243	(source: 2011)
49	Hungary	April 13, 1988	Budapest	100	(source: 2009)	Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain.
50	Soviet Union Russia	January 31, 1990	Pushkin Square, Moscow	356	(source:2012)
51	China	October 8, 1990	Shenzhen	1,500+	(source: 2012)
52	Chile	November 19, 1990	Santiago de Chile	69	(source: 2009)
53	Indonesia	February 23, 1991	Sarinah, Jakarta	110	(source: 2009)
54	Portugal	May 23, 1991	CascaiShopping, Cascais	120	(source: 2008)
55	Northern Ireland	October 14, 1991	Belfast	50	(source: December 2012)
56	Greece	November 12, 1991	Athens Syntagma Sq.	25 + 4 seasonal	(source: 2012)
57	Uruguay	November 18, 1991	Montevideo	17	(source: 2013)
58	Martinique	December 16, 1991
59	Czechoslovakia Czech Republic	March 20, 1992	Vodičkova street, Prague	87	(source: 2011)
60	Guadeloupe	April 8, 1992
61	Poland	June 17, 1992	Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw	300	(source: December 2012)
62	Monaco	November 20, 1992
63	Brunei	December 12, 1992		1	(source: 2004)
64	Morocco	December 18, 1992	Casablanca	27	(source: November 2011)	First outlet in Africa - McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica.
65	Northern Marianas	March 18, 1993		2	(source:August 2011)	First outlet opened on the island of Saipan - Along with the a second outlet in 1997
66	Israel	October 14, 1993		153	(source: May 2010)	See McDonald's Israel
67	Slovenia	December 2, 1993	In Copova Street, Ljubljana	16	(source: 2009)
68	Saudi Arabia	December 8, 1993		114	(source: Local website 74 in East, North and Central. 40 in West and South)
70	Kuwait	June 15, 1994		37	(source: 2007)
71	New Caledonia	July 26, 1994		2	(source: 2012)
72	Oman	July 30, 1994		9	(source: December 2009)
73	Egypt	October 20, 1994		63	(source: 2003)
74	Bulgaria	December 10, 1994		36	(source: 2011)
75	Bahrain	December 15, 1994		14	(source: 2010)
76	Latvia	December 15, 1994	Riga	11	(source: June 2012)	First outlet in the Baltics.
77	United Arab Emirates	December 21, 1994
78	Estonia	April 29, 1995	Tallinn	8	(source: 2011)
79	Romania	June 16, 1995	Bucharest	62	(source: 2010)
80	Malta	July 7, 1995		8	(source: 2012, 7 in Malta, 1 in Gozo)
81	Colombia	July 14, 1995	Centro Andino, Bogota	78	(source: November 2009)
82	Slovakia	October 14, 1995	Banská Bystrica	27	(source: 2012)
83	South Africa	November 11, 1995		153	(source: 2012)
84	Qatar	December 13, 1995		7	(source: 2003)
85	Honduras	December 14, 1995
86	Sint Maarten	December 15, 1995	Philipsburg
87	Croatia	February 2, 1996	Zagreb	19	(source: 2011)
88	Western Samoa	March 2, 1996
89	Fiji Islands	May 1, 1996		3	(source: 2001)	As of April 2012, Fiji is the only country in the world to still use the 2003 "i'm lovin' it" packaging, even though the other countries are using the 2008 packaging for meals and items.
90	Liechtenstein	May 3, 1996		2	(source: 2009)
91	Lithuania	May 31, 1996		9	(source: 2011)
92	Cyprus	June 12, 1996		17	(source: 2011)
93	India	October 13, 1996	Delhi	192	(source: 2010)
94	Peru	October 18, 1996		22	(source: 2009)
95	Jordan	November 7, 1996
96	Paraguay	November 21, 1996	Asuncion	11	(source: 2011)
97	Dominican Republic	November 30, 1996
98	French Polynesia	December 10, 1996	Tahiti
99	Belarus	December 10, 1996	Minsk	8	(source: 2011)	The company claimed this as McDonald's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories even though McDonald's shut down in Iceland in 2009 it is the 99th country as of November 1, 2009.
100	Ukraine	May 24, 1997	Kiev	75	(source: December 2012)
101	Republic of Macedonia	September 6, 1997	Skopje	6	(source: 2010)
102	Ecuador	October 9, 1997		20	(source: 2011)
103	Reunion	December 14, 1997
104	Isle of Man	December 15, 1997
105	Suriname	December 18, 1997	Paramaribo	2	(source: 2010)
106	Moldova	April 30, 1998	Chisinau	4	(source: 2010)
107	Nicaragua	July 11, 1998	Managua	6	(source: June 2010)	McDonald's outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence in 1998 after an absence of two decades.
108	Lebanon	September 18, 1998		21	(source: 2011)
109	Pakistan	September 19, 1998		25	(source: 2005)
110	Sri Lanka	October 16, 1998
111	Georgia	February 5, 1999	Tbilisi	5	(source: 2010)	First outlet in the Caucasus.
112	San Marino	July 6, 1999	Borgo Maggiore	1	(source: 2010)
113	Gibraltar	August 13, 1999
114	Azerbaijan	November 6, 1999	Baku	9	(source: 2011)
115	French Guiana	February 22, 2000
116	American Samoa	September 29, 2000
117	Mauritius	July 4, 2001	Port Louis	2	(source: 2011)
118	Mayotte	May 1, 2003
120	Iraq	August 10, 2006	Baghdad	1	(source: 2006)	One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal.
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	July 20, 2011	Sarajevo	5	(source: 2012)	After some 10 years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in BiH on 20 July 2011
122	Trinidad and Tobago	August 2011	the Falls at West Mall, Westmoorings	6		Re-opened at The Falls At West Mall in 2011 and has expanded to 5 other locations. McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 - October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales. [2]

Former locations

One of the three McDonald's restaurants in Iceland before their closing

1. (November 10, 1985 – March 9, 1995) Bermuda [3] - government influence
2. (June 30 – December 31, 1996) Barbados [4] - slow sales
3. (October 24, 1997 – November 30, 2002) Bolivia [5] - closed due to slow sales and cost
4. (April 15, 1995 – October 30, 2005) Jamaica [6] - closed due to government problems and slow sales
5. (September 3, 1993 – October 31, 2009) Iceland [7] - Closed down by Icelandic affiliate citing prohibitive costs of importing foreign foodstuffs as required by McDonald's. Its former McDonald's outlets will be re-branded as its own chain of Metro restaurants offering similar service and menus with domestically produced ingredients.
6. (June 1, 2004 – 2007) Montenegro – A McDonalds restaurant was opened in Budva, but it has been closed due to the lack of location.

Expansions by region

Continent	Location	City	Date	Year
North America	United States	San Bernardino	May 15	1940
Caribbean	Puerto Rico	San Juan	November 10	1967
Central America	Costa Rica	San José	December 28	1970
Oceania	Australia	Sydney	May 30	1971
Asia	Japan	Tokyo	July 20	1971
Europe	Netherlands	Zaandam	August 21	1971
South America	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	February 13	1979
Africa	Morocco	File:Logo casa.png Casablanca	December 18	1992

See also

• International availability of McDonald's products
• List of countries
• List of countries with Burger King franchises
• Big Mac Index
• McDonaldization
• Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention
• McWorld
• Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
• MaDonal

External links

• McDonalds countries
• Another chronology of openings
• Alternate chronology