List of countries with McDonald 's restaurants - wikipedia List of countries with McDonald 's restaurants McDonald 's Corporation Countries with McDonald 's stores Type Public Traded as NYSE : MCD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component ISIN US5801351017 Industry Restaurants Genre Fast food restaurant Founded McDonald 's : May 15, 1940 ; 78 years ago ( 1940 - 05 - 15 ) San Bernardino, California McDonald 's Corporation : April 15, 1955 ; 63 years ago ( 1955 - 04 - 15 ) Des Plaines, Illinois Founders McDonald 's : Richard and Maurice McDonald McDonald 's Corporation : Ray Kroc Headquarters Chicago, Illinois ( originally Oak Brook, Illinois ) Number of locations 37,241 restaurants ( 2017 ) Area served Worldwide Key people Enrique Hernandez, Jr. ( Chairman ) Steve Easterbrook ( President and CEO ) Products Hamburgers chicken french fries soft drinks milkshakes salads desserts coffee breakfast wraps Revenue US $ 22.820 billion ( 2017 ) Operating income US $9.553 billion ( 2017 ) Net income US $5.192 billion ( 2017 ) Total assets US $33.804 billion ( 2017 ) Total equity US $ - 3.268 billion ( 2017 ) Number of employees ~ 235,000 ( 2017 ) Website corporate.mcdonalds.com/mcd.html www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us.html Footnotes / references This box : view talk edit 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 35,000 outlets worldwide. The majority of McDonald 's outlets outside of the United States are franchises. The biggest temporary McDonald 's restaurant in the world was opened during 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which had 3,000 square metres ( 32,000 sq ft ). The biggest still standing one is probably that at Will Rogers Turnpike. The list of countries follows the company 's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories. Contents 1 Countries and territories with a McDonald 's outlet 2 Former locations 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Countries and territories with a McDonald 's outlet 1 # Name of country Date of first store First outlet location Number of currently operating outlets Source and date of source People per outlet Notes United States May 15, 1940 Franchise : April 13, 1955 San Bernardino, California Des Plaines, Illinois ( Franchise ) 14,146 ( source : Statista 2016 ) 22,985 See McDonald 's USA Canada ( details ) June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia 1,450 ( source : Statista 2016 ) 24,242 See McDonald 's Canada Puerto Rico December 6, 1967 San Juan 108 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 31,583 First McDonald 's in Latin America and in the Caribbean. See McDonald 's Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands September 5, 1970 St. Croix 6 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 17,666 5 Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San Jose, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 54 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 84,925 Third country ( not U.S. possession ) and first outlet outside Northern America where McDonald 's opened. See McDonald 's Costa Rica 6 Australia May 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales 920 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 26,613 First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas. See McDonald 's Australia. 7 Guam June 10, 1971 Dededo 6 ( source : Statista 2016 ) 27,166 8 Japan July 21, 1971 Tokyo 2,975 ( source : McDonald 's 2015 ) 42,598 First outlet in Asia, see McDonald 's Japan ; McDonald 's Holdings Company Japan, Inc. 9 Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam 245 ( source : McDonald 's 2016 ) 69,797 This was the first outlet in Europe. Opened in 1971 by European Master Franchisees Jan Sybesma & Diet de Wolff ( Brother & Sister ) - McDonald 's Europe is now run by the Dutch Sybesma family & Australian de Wolff family who also own in excess of 80 Stores Worldwide. Sybesma & de Wolff ATF McDonald 's Europe - Plan to open 15 more stores in the next 4 years. See McDonald 's Netherlands 10 Panama September 1, 1971 Panama City 57 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 71,192 See McDonald 's Panama 11 Germany November 22, 1971 ( West Germany ) December 21, 1990 ( former East Germany ) Munich ( West Germany ) Plauen ( former East Germany ) 1,476 ( source : McDonald 's Germany 2018 ) 56,098 First outlet in West Germany. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in 1990 following reunification. See McDonald 's Germany 12 France June 30, 1972 Créteil 1,419 ( source : McDonald 's December 2016 ) 45,708 First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald 's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. See McDonald 's France. 13 El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador 20 ( source : 2018 ) 490,538 Left in 1980 during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned after the war in 1992. 14 Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 202 ( source : 2018 ) 44,546 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald 's Sweden 15 Guatemala June 6, 1974 Guatemala City 94 ( source : 2018 ) 197,268 See McDonald 's Guatemala 16 Curacao August 16, 1974 Willemstad 5 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 31,800 See McDonald 's Aruba and Curaçao 17 United Kingdom England : 13 November 1974 Wales : 3 December 1984 Scotland : 23 November 1987 Northern Ireland : 12 October 1991 Woolwich, London ( England ) Cardiff ( Wales ) Dundee ( Scotland ) Belfast ( Northern Ireland ) 1,274 ( source : McDonald 's December 2016 ) 51,106 Includes Isle of Man and Jersey ( 1 each ) England : 1,038 Scotland : 95 Wales : 62 Northern Ireland : 26 See McDonald 's UK 18 Hong Kong ( British Hong Kong at the time ) January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. 237 R ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 31,118 Then a British Crown colony / Dependent Territory. See McDonald 's Hong Kong 19 Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 131,000 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. 20 New Zealand ( details ) June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington 166 ( source : 2018 ) 29,574 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987. See McDonald 's New Zealand. 21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva 167 ( source : 2018 ) 51,858 see McDonald 's Switzerland 22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 89 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 53,505 First drive - thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin, see McDonald 's Ireland 23 Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 195 ( source : McDonald 's 2018 ) 45,246 see McDonald 's Austria 24 Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels 74 ( source : McDonald 's 2015 ) 152,027 A division of Sybesma & de Wolff ( Master Franchisees McDonald 's Europe ), with most stores being owned by S&DW. See McDonald 's Belgium 25 Brazil February 13, 1979 Rio de Janeiro 812 ( source : McDonald 's 2013 ) 255,357 First outlet in South America and first outlet in a lusophone country. See McDonald 's Brazil 26 Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road 136 ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 44,856 First outlet in Southeast Asia. See McDonald 's Singapore 27 Spain March 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid 507 ( source : July 2018 ) 93,406 First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula, see McDonald 's Spain 28 Denmark April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 88 ( source : 2018 ) 64,595 See McDonald 's Denmark 29 Philippines September 27, 1981 Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila 572 ( source : February 2018 ) 183,423 See McDonald 's Philippines 30 Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 271 ( source : 2018 ) 100,417 First outlet in a Muslim - majority country. See McDonald 's Malaysia 31 Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 73 ( source : Jun. 2017 ) 72,150 see McDonald 's Norway 32 Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei 413 ( source : 2015 ) 56,949 Left in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan, but returned that same year after investigations concluded. See McDonald 's Taiwan 33 Andorra June 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella 5 ( source : 2018 ) 17,000 34 Finland December 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere 65 ( source : June 2017 ( 2 ) ) 84,676 see McDonald 's Finland 35 Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok 240 ( source : 2017 ) 283,162 see McDonald 's Thailand 36 Aruba April 4, 1985 Oranjestad ( source : 2016 ) 25,750 See McDonald 's Aruba and Curaçao 37 Luxembourg July 17, 1985 Luxembourg City 10 ( source : 2013 ) 57,600 see McDonald 's Luxembourg 38 Venezuela August 31, 1985 Caracas 133 ( source : 2018 website ) 226,964 see McDonald 's Venezuela 39 Italy March 20, 1985 Piazza di Spagna, Rome 571 ( source : 2018 ) 106,296 see McDonald 's Italy 40 Mexico October 29, 1985 Mexico City 402 ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 297,340 see McDonald 's Mexico 41 Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 11,239,000 Guantanamo Bay -- Open only to base personnel. 42 Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul 250 ( source : 2018 ) 313,000 see McDonald 's Turkey. First outlet in West Asia. 43 Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 222 ( source : Jun. 2018 ) 207,736 see McDonald 's Argentina. 44 Macau ( Portuguese Macau at the time ) April 11, 1987 Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula 27 ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 24,111 Then Portuguese territory ; McDonald 's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants. 45 Serbia ( part of Yugoslavia at the time ) March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 30 ( source : October 2016 ) 271,461 First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans. See McDonald 's Serbia 46 South Korea March 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul 450 ( source : June 2017 ) 113,888 See McDonald 's South Korea 47 Hungary ( HPR at the time ) April 13, 1988 Budapest 89 ( source : 2018 ) 109,222 Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. See McDonald 's Hungary 48 Russia ( part of Soviet Union at the time ) January 31, 1990 Pushkin Square, Moscow 645 ( source : January 2017 ) 223,255 See McDonald 's Russia 49 PR of China October 8, 1990 Shenzhen 2,391 ( source : December 2016 ) 624,336 > See McDonald 's China. 50 Chile November 19, 1990 Santiago de Chile 77 ( source : Dec. 2012 ) 233,844 See McDonald 's Chile 51 Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta 170 ( source : 2016 ) 1,550,058 See McDonald 's Indonesia 52 Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais 148 ( source : Sep. 2015 ) 69,871 See McDonald 's Portugal 53 Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Sq. 23 ( source : 2018 ) 456,458 See McDonald 's Greece 54 Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo 21 ( source : 2014 ) 163,190 See McDonald 's Uruguay 55 Martinique December 16, 1991 Fort - de-France 9 ( source : 2016 ) 42,888 See McDonald 's French Antilles 56 Czech Republic ( part of Czechoslovakia at the time ) March 20, 1992 Vodičkova street, Prague 95 ( source : Feb. 2015 ) 111,094 See McDonald 's Czech Republic 57 Guadeloupe April 8, 1992 8 ( source : 2016 ) 50,250 See McDonald 's French Antilles 58 Poland June 16, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store `` Sezam '' 403 ( source : 2018 ) 94,875 See McDonald 's Poland 59 Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 19,000 60 Brunei December 12, 1992 Bandar Seri Begawan ( source : 2016 ) 208,500 61 Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca 41 ( source : 2018 ) 846,200 First outlet in Africa -- McDonald 's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. See McDonald 's Morocco 62 Northern Marianas March 18, 1993 Saipan ( source : August 2011 ) 26,500 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan -- Along with a second outlet in 1997 63 Israel ( details ) October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan 185 ( source : 2016 ) 47,021 First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald 's Israel 64 Slovenia December 2, 1993 In Čopova Street, Ljubljana 20 ( source : 2016 ) 103,300 See McDonald 's Slovenia 65 Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 Riyadh 263 ( source : 2018 ) 147,321 See McDonald 's Saudi Arabia McDonald 's Saudi Arabia 66 Kuwait June 15, 1994 72 ( source : 2018 ) 57,973 See McDonald 's Kuwait 67 New Caledonia July 26, 1994 Nouméa ( source : 2012 ) 134,500 68 Oman July 30, 1994 23 ( source : 2018 ) 304,866 See McDonald 's Oman 69 Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo 100 ( source : 2017 ) 1,260,621 See McDonald 's Egypt 70 Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv 42 ( source : 2011 ) 169,095 See ( 3 ) 71 Bahrain December 15, 1994 Muharraq City 23 ( source : 2018 ) 68,900 See McDonald 's Bahrain 72 Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga 12 ( source : June 2012 ) 162,750 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald 's Latvia 73 United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994 Abu Dhabi 165 ( source : 2018 ) 88,938 See McDonald 's UAE 74 Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn 10 ( source : June 2015 ) 131,600 See McDonald 's Estonia 75 Romania June 16, 1995 Bucharest 70 ( source : 2017 ) 280,543 See McDonald 's Romania 76 Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta 10 ( source : McDonald 's 2016, 9 in Malta, 1 in Gozo ) 44,500 See McDonald 's Malta 77 Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogota 81 ( source : July 2013 ) 607,530 See McDonald 's Colombia 78 Slovakia October 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica 30 ( source : 2015 ) 180,866 See McDonald 's Slovakia 79 South Africa November 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng 252 ( source : 2018 ) 244,253 See McDonald 's South Africa 80 Qatar December 13, 1995 42 ( source : 2018 ) 107,040 See McDonald 's Qatar 81 Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 8 1,031,250 See McDonald 's Honduras 82 Sint Maarten December 15, 1995 Philipsburg ( source : December 2013 ) 11,333 83 Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb 30 ( source : 2018 ) 139,033 See McDonald 's Croatia 84 Samoa ( named Western Samoa at the time ) March 2, 1996 Apia 192,000 85 Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva ( source : 2001 ) 224,690 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. See McDonald 's Fiji 86 Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen ( source : 2018 ) 38,111 See McDonald 's Switzerland 87 Lithuania May 31, 1996 Vilnius 13 ( source : 2018 ) 257,090 See McDonald 's Lithuania 88 India October 13, 1996 Delhi 290 + ( source : 2017 ) 5,306,288 > First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald 's India 89 Peru October 18, 1996 Lima 40 ( source : 2014 ) 778,800 See McDonald 's Peru 90 Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman 31 ( source : 2018 ) 352,928 91 Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asuncion 19 ( source : 2018 ) 616,636 See McDonald 's Paraguay 92 Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 31 325,000 Country with the second most locations of McDonald 's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald 's Dominican Republic 93 French Polynesia December 10, 1996 Tahiti 6 47,666 94 Belarus December 10, 1996 Minsk 14 ( source : 2017 ) 864,272 First McDonald 's in a non-Baltic former Soviet republic ( not including Russia ) The company claimed this as McDonald 's `` 100th country '' although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories. See McDonald 's Belarus. 95 Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997 6 225,000 McDonald 's previously had stores in Trinidad ( May 6, 1997 -- October 25, 2003 ) but closed due to low sales. Re-opened at The Falls At West Mall in 2011 and has expanded to 5 other locations. 96 Ukraine May 24, 1997 Kyiv 80 ( source : October 2017 ) 545,410 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were closed in 2014. See McDonald 's Ukraine 97 Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca 18 ( source : 2016 ) 63,388 See McDonald 's Cyprus 98 Jersey August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 100,080 99 Ecuador October 9, 1997 6 de Diciembre Avenue, Quito 27 ( source : 2014 ) 597,925 See McDonald 's Ecuador 100 Bolivia October 24, 1997 La Paz 10,980,000 McDonald 's was open in Bolivia from October 24, 1997 to September 30, 2002, when it closed due to slow sales and cost. A new restaurant opened on October 10, 2017 after fifteen years of absence. 101 Reunion December 14, 1997 Saint - Denis ( source : 2018 ) 210,904 102 Isle of Man December 15, 1997 Douglas 84,000 103 Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo ( source : 2010 ) 293,000 104 Moldova April 30, 1998 Chișinău 5 ( source : 2018 ) 599,647 See McDonald 's Moldova 105 Nicaragua July 11, 1998 Managua 6 ( source : June 2010 ) 1,027,833 McDonald 's outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence in 1998 after an absence of two decades. During the civil war one continued operating as `` Donald 's ''. See McDonald 's Nicaragua 106 Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut 33 ( source : 2013 ) 187,424 107 Pakistan September 19, 1998 Karachi 60 ( source : 2018 ) 2,885,757 McDonald 's Pakistan 108 Sri Lanka October 16, 1998 Colombo 7 ( source : March 4, 2013 ) 2,896,857 see McDonald 's Sri Lanka 109 Georgia February 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi 14 ( source : 2018 ) 338,181 First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald 's Georgia 110 San Marino July 6, 1999 Borgo Maggiore ( source : 2018 ) 33,328 See McDonald 's Italy 111 Gibraltar August 13, 1999 Westside ( source : 2018 ) 32,194 See McDonald 's Spain 112 Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku 12 ( source : 2016 ) 818,666 See McDonald 's Azerbaijan 113 French Guiana February 22, 2000 Cayenne ( source : 2016 ) 125,000 See McDonald 's French Antilles 114 American Samoa September 29, 2000 ( source : 2008 ) 27,000 115 Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis 7 192,571 117 Iraq August 10, 2006 Baghdad ( source : 2006 ) 38,146,000 One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal. 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina July 21, 2011 Sarajevo ( source : 2015 ) 882,790 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. See McDonald 's Bosnia and Herzegovina 119 Vietnam February 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 17 ( source : 2017 ) 6,180,000 See McDonald 's Vietnam 120 Kazakhstan March 8, 2016 Astana 11 1,778,844 First outlet in Central Asia. See McDonald 's Kazakhstan 121 Tunisia Tunis Coming Soon 122 Kenya Coming Soon Nairobi ( source : 2017 ) 49,125,325 Announced on December 10, 2017. McDonald 's is still yet to open in Kenya. Countries with McDonald 's restaurants, showing their first year with its first restaurant Former locations One of the three McDonald 's restaurants in Iceland before their closing 1 # Name of country Date of first store Date of closing Reason to closing Iran circa 1971 / 1972 1979 Closed due to the Islamic Revolution. A lot of foreign companies, specifically American, were forced to leave. McDonald 's attempted to re-enter the Iranian market in 1994, but this failed due to a hostile anti-American fundamentalist attack on the building which was under construction where the planned franchise would be opened. McDonald 's does not plan on opening any restaurants in Iran at this time. Barbados August 25, 1989 December 13, 1990 Closed due to extremely slow sales. Bermuda November 10, 1985 March 9, 1995 Closed due to a government law that bans franchised restaurants in the country. The McDonald 's restaurant was located on a US Naval Air Station and was thus exempt from the law. When the base closed in 1995 the restaurant was required to do likewise. Jamaica April 15, 1995 October 14, 2005 Closed due to governmental problems and declining sales. 5 Montenegro June 1, 2004 2007 A seasonal McDonald 's restaurant was opened in Budva, but it was closed due to the lack of location. 6 Iceland September 1, 1993 October 31, 2009 Closed down by Icelandic affiliate due to both prohibitive costs of importing foreign food products as required by McDonald 's and the collapse of the Icelandic krona. Its three former outlets were re-branded as its own chain of Metro restaurants, which offer similar service and menus with domestically produced ingredients. 7 Macedonia September 6, 1997 May 15, 2013 Closed due to dispute in contract and contractual obligations with the franchise owner Sveto Janevski. 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Question: when did mcdonald's open in south africa
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