# List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

McDonald's is one of the largest chains of fast-food restaurants in the world, with more than 40,000 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 the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) by area. The biggest still standing is the World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's. The northernmost McDonald's restaurant in the world is located in Tromsø, Norway (previously held by Rovaniemi, Finland after the restaurant in Murmansk, Russia, was closed in 2022), and the southernmost in the world is located in Invercargill, New Zealand.
The list of countries follows the company's own calculation and contains several non-sovereign territories. Today or as of 2024, there are over 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, over 5,900 in mainland China, almost 3,000 in Japan, over 1,500 in France, over 1,400 in Canada, over 1,400 in the United Kingdom, almost 1,400 in Germany, over 1,100 in Brazil, over 1,000 in Australia, over 740 in the Philippines and over 700 in Italy. McDonald's ceased to be operational in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

## History

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald. However, on 15 April 1955, Ray Kroc launched the first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois, featuring a ten-item menu built around a 15-cent hamburger.
Since that time, McDonald's has operated more than 40,000 restaurants worldwide, which has increased over 16 years.

## Countries and territories with at least one McDonald's outlet

| # | Country/territory | Date of first store | First outlet location | Max. no. of operating outlets | Source and date of source | Population per outlet | Notes |
| 1 | United States | May 15, 1940 Franchise: April 15, 1955 | San Bernardino, California Des Plaines, Illinois (Franchise) | 13,449 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 25,539 | First outlet. See McDonald's USA |
| 2 | Canada (details) | June 3, 1967 | Richmond, British Columbia (Reopened June 23, 2017) | 1,466 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 28,807 | First outlet outside the United States. See McDonald's Canada |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (territory of United States) | November 10, 1967 | San Juan | 95 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 34,127 | First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean and the first McDonald's in a Hispanophone area. See McDonald's Puerto Rico |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands (territory of United States) | September 5, 1970 | St. Croix | 5 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 17,429 | |
| 5 | Costa Rica | December 8, 1970 | San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. | 73 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 69,939 | Third country (not U.S. possession) where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica |
| 6 | Australia | May 30, 1971 | Yagoona, New South Wales | 1,032 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 25,631 | First outlet in Oceania, outside the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. See McDonald's Australia. Locally nicknamed as Maccas. |
| 7 | Guam (territory of United States) | June 10, 1971 | Dededo | 5 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 33,301 | First outlet in Micronesia. See McDonald's Guam & Saipan |
| 8 | Japan | July 21, 1971 | Ginza Mitsukoshi, Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo | 2,982 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 41,707 | First outlet in Asia, McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc. locally known as makku (マック) and makudo. See McDonald's Japan |
| 9 | Netherlands | August 21, 1971 | Zaandam | 263 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 68,793 | This was the first outlet in Europe. Opened in 1971 by European Master Franchisees Jan Sybesma 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 | 81 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 55,046 | See McDonald's Panama |
| 11 | Germany | November 22, 1971 (West Germany) December 21, 1990 (former East Germany) | Munich (West Germany) Plauen (former East Germany) | 1,385 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 61,046 | First outlet in West Germany opened in Munich-Obergiesing in 1971. McDonald's is locally known as Mäkkes. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in Plauen in 1990 following reunification. See McDonald's Germany |
| 12 | France (details) | June 30, 1972 | Créteil | 1,559 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 42,616 | First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. In 2019, France was the largest European market for the hamburger chain. See McDonald's France. |
| 13 | El Salvador | July 20, 1972 | San Salvador | 22 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 286,801 | |
| 14 | Sweden | October 27, 1973 | Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm | 196 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 53,834 | First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden |
| 15 | Guatemala | June 6, 1974 | Guatemala City | 110 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 164,771 | See McDonald's Guatemala |
| 16 | Curaçao (part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) | August 16, 1974 | Willemstad | 5 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 37,085 | See McDonald's Curaçao |
| 17 | United Kingdom | England: November 13, 1974 Wales: December 3, 1984 Scotland: November 23, 1987 Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991 | Woolwich, London (England) Cardiff (Wales) Dundee (Scotland) Belfast (Northern Ireland) | 1,434 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 47,896 | See McDonald's UK |
| 18 | Hong Kong (British Hong Kong at the time) | January 8, 1975 | Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island (now closed) | 254 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 29,302 | First outlet in a Chinese-speaking territory. Hong Kong was then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory; McDonald's would open up a restaurant in China itself 15 years later. See McDonald's Hong Kong |
| 19 | Bahamas | August 4, 1975 | Nassau | 3 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 133,147 | First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. See McDonald's Bahamas |
| 20 | New Zealand (details) | June 7, 1976 | Porirua Central, Wellington | 170 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 30,428 | Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987. See McDonald's New Zealand. |
| 21 | Switzerland | October 20, 1976 | Geneva | 178 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 49,835 | First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland |
| 22 | Ireland | May 9, 1977 | Grafton Street, Dublin | 95 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 54,701 | 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 | 199 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 45,882 | See McDonald's Austria |
| 24 | Belgium | March 21, 1978 | Brussels | 111 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 105,522 | See McDonald's Belgium |
| 25 | Brazil | February 13, 1979 | Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro | 2,704 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 186,850 | First outlet opened in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, in 1979. First outlet opened in South America and first outlet in a lusophone country. Locally known as Méqui. See McDonald's Brazil |
| 26 | Singapore | October 20, 1979 | Liat Towers, Orchard Road | 151 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 38,338 | First outlet in Southeast Asia at Liat Towers. See McDonald's Singapore |
| 27 | Spain | March 10, 1981 | Gran Vía, Madrid | 599 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 79,986 | First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. See McDonald's Spain |
| 28 | Denmark | April 15, 1981 | Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen | 107 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 55,590 | See McDonald's Denmark |
| 29 | Philippines (details) | September 27, 1981 | Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta), Sampaloc, Manila | 740 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 155,258 | Licensed to Alliance Global Group. See McDonald's Philippines. |
| 30 | Malaysia | April 29, 1982 | Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur | 371 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 94,680 | Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia |
| 31 | Norway | November 18, 1983 | Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo | 79 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 69,863 | The world's northernmost branch is located in Tromsø. See McDonald's Norway |
| 32 | Taiwan | January 28, 1984 | Minsheng East Road, Taipei | 409 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 57,010 | All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan |
| 33 | Andorra | June 29, 1984 | Andorra la Vella | 5 | (source: McDonald's Andorra December 27, 2024) | 17,173 | See McDonald's Andorra |
| 34 | Finland | December 14, 1984 | Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere | 75 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 74,682 | The branch in Rovaniemi was the world's northernmost McDonalds from 1997 to 2013 and again from 2022 to 2024. See McDonald's Finland |
| 35 | Thailand | February 23, 1985 | Bangkok | 230 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 311,750 | See McDonald's Thailand |
| 36 | Italy | March 20, 1985 | Bolzano | 709 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 83,920 | See McDonald's Italy |
| 37 | Aruba (part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) | April 4, 1985 | Oranjestad | 3 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 35,980 | See McDonald's Aruba |
| 38 | Luxembourg | July 17, 1985 | Luxembourg City | 12 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 55,425 | See McDonald's Luxembourg |
| 39 | Venezuela | August 31, 1985 | El Rosal, Caracas (now closed) | 83 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 340,974 | See McDonald's Venezuela |
| 40 | Mexico | October 29, 1985 | El Pedregal, Mexico City | 369 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 351,598 | See McDonald's Mexico |
| 41 | Cuba | April 24, 1986 | Guantanamo Bay | 1 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 10,055,968 | Guantanamo Bay; open only to U.S. military personnel. Not accessible for Cuban citizens. |
| 42 | Turkey | October 24, 1986 | Istanbul | 255 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 342,237 | First outlet opened in East Thrace; outlets in Anatolia would open later. Also first outlet in the Turkic-speaking world, with Azerbaijan coming second at 1999. See McDonald's Turkey |
| 43 | Argentina | November 24, 1986 | Belgrano, Buenos Aires | 223 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 204,208 | See McDonald's Argentina |
| 44 | Macau (Portuguese Macau at the time) | April 11, 1987 | Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula | 39 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 18,273 | Then Portuguese territory; Technically first in Portugal land, 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 | 37 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 183,477 | First outlet in a communist country and in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia |
| 46 | South Korea | March 29, 1988 | Gangnam District, Seoul | 399 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 129,696 | See McDonald's South Korea |
| 47 | Hungary (Hungarian People's Republic at the time) | April 13, 1988 | Budapest | 111 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 87,265 | First outlet in a Warsaw Pact country, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary |
| 48 | China | October 8, 1990 | Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen | 5,903 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 240,994 | The most in a market besides the US. See McDonald's China |
| 49 | Chile | November 19, 1990 | Las Condes, Santiago | 97 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 202,668 | See McDonald's Chile |
| 50 | Indonesia | February 23, 1991 | Sarinah, Jakarta (now closed) | 312 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 901,250 | First branch in Sarinah closed in 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself, the outlet would move 3 years later to the adjacent Jaya Building. See McDonald's Indonesia |
| 51 | Portugal | May 23, 1991 | CascaiShopping, Cascais | 199 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 52,416 | See McDonald's Portugal |
| 52 | Greece | November 12, 1991 | Athens Syntagma Square | 32 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 320,091 | See McDonald's Greece |
| 53 | Uruguay | November 18, 1991 | Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo | 33 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 102,669 | See McDonald's Uruguay |
| 54 | Martinique (part of France) | December 16, 1991 | Fort-de-France | 10 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 34,600 | See McDonald's French Antilles |
| 55 | Czech Republic (part of Czechoslovakia at the time) | March 20, 1992 | Vodičkova street, Prague | 119 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 90,838 | First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic |
| 56 | Guadeloupe (part of France) | April 8, 1992 | Centre de Leyton Square Area, Capesterre-Belle-Eau | 9 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 41,835 | See McDonald's French Antilles |
| 57 | Poland | June 17, 1992 | Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" (now closed) | 546 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 70,994 | See McDonald's Poland |
| 58 | Monaco | November 20, 1992 | Monte Carlo | 1 | (source: McDonald's France September 2023) | 38,956 | |
| 59 | Brunei | December 13, 1992 | Mission Hill Road, Bandar Seri Begawan | 5 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 91,790 | See McDonald's Brunei |
| 60 | Morocco | December 18, 1992 | Casablanca | 70 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 538,750 | First outlet in Africa and the first outlet in the Arab World; McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. See McDonald's Morocco |
| 61 | Northern Mariana Islands (territory of United States) | March 18, 1993 | Saipan | 2 | (source:McDonald's US 2024) | 23,664 | First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997 |
| 62 | Israel (details) | October 14, 1993 | Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan | 226 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 40,957 | First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel. |
| 63 | Slovenia | December 2, 1993 | Čopova Street, Ljubljana | 23 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 92,104 | See McDonald's Slovenia |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | December 8, 1993 | Riyadh | 412 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 78,311 | Home to the most McDonald's in the Middle East. First outlet in the Arabian Peninsula. See McDonalds's Central, Eastern and Northern. See McDonald's Western and Southern |
| 65 | Kuwait | June 15, 1994 | Kuwait City (now closed) | 87 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 55,618 | Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East. See McDonald's Kuwait The first McDonald's in Kuwait closed after 25 years of service due to an expired contract between McDonald's and the Touristic Enterprises Company See McDonald's Kuwait |
| 66 | New Caledonia (territory of France) | July 26, 1994 | Nouméa | 4 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 72,468 | See McDonald's New Caledonia |
| 67 | Oman | July 30, 1994 | Salalah | 34 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 148,508 | See McDonald's Oman |
| 68 | Egypt | October 20, 1994 | Cairo | 189 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 606,009 | See McDonald's Egypt |
| 69 | Bulgaria | December 10, 1994 | Plovdiv | 46 | (source: Corporate McDonald's October 5, 2024) | 140,543 | See McDonald's Bulgaria |
| 70 | Bahrain | December 15, 1994 | Manama | 33 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 47,566 | See McDonald's Bahrain |
| 71 | Latvia | December 15, 1994 | Riga | 14 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 134,457 | First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | December 21, 1994 (Dubai) June 10, 1995 (Abu Dhabi) | Dubai (1994) Abu Dhabi (1995) | 203 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 52,424 | See McDonald's UAE |
| 73 | Estonia | April 29, 1995 | Tallinn | 11 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 124,291 | See McDonald's Estonia |
| 74 | Romania | June 16, 1995 | Unirii Square, Bucharest | 102 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 187,436 | Locally nicknamed as Mec. See McDonald's Romania |
| 75 | Malta | July 7, 1995 | Valletta | 9 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 59,217 | See McDonald's Malta |
| 76 | Colombia | July 14, 1995 | Centro Andino, Bogota | 76 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 688,436 | See McDonald's Colombia |
| 77 | Slovakia | October 14, 1995 | Banská Bystrica | 43 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 128,327 | See McDonald's Slovakia |
| 78 | South Africa | November 11, 1995 | Blackheath, Gauteng | 377 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 167,672 | First outlet in Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa |
| 79 | Qatar | December 13, 1995 | Doha | 75 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 39,721 | See McDonald's Qatar |
| 80 | Honduras | December 14, 1995 | Tegucigalpa | 10 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 1,064,485 | See McDonald's Honduras |
| 81 | Sint Maarten (part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) | December 15, 1995 | Philipsburg | 2 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 21,375 | |
| 82 | Croatia | February 2, 1996 | Zagreb | 47 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 25, 2024) | 82,894 | See McDonald's Croatia |
| 83 | Samoa (named Western Samoa at the time) | March 2, 1996 | Apia | 1 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 216,663 | Facebook |
| 84 | Fiji | May 1, 1996 | Suva | 4 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 231,036 | See McDonald's Fiji |
| 85 | Liechtenstein | May 3, 1996 | Triesen | 1 | (source: 2018) | 39,598 | See McDonald's Switzerland |
| 86 | Lithuania | May 31, 1996 | Vilnius | 18 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 158,561 | See McDonald's Lithuania |
| 87 | India | October 13, 1996 | Delhi | 581 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 2,475,163 | First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India |
| 88 | Peru | October 18, 1996 | San Isidro, Lima | 29 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 1,167,090 | See McDonald's Peru |
| 89 | Jordan | November 7, 1996 | Amman | 46 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 248,679 | See McDonald's Jordan |
| 90 | Paraguay | November 21, 1996 | Asuncion | 24 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 285,173 | See McDonald's Paraguay |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | November 30, 1996 | Santo Domingo | 23 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 492,664 | Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic |
| 92 | French Polynesia (territory of France) | December 10, 1996 | Tahiti | 6 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 46,853 | |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | May 6, 1997 | The Falls at West Mall | 4 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 375,733 | 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 since expanded to 5 other locations. |
| 94 | Ukraine | May 24, 1997 | Near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv | 117 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 322,503 | All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were permanently closed after the Russian military invasion in March 2014. The 2 restaurants in Donetsk and the only one in Luhansk were also permanently closed after the War in Donbas intensified in late 2014. All restaurants in Ukraine were temporarily closed down due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; they reopened in September that same year. The restaurant in Kherson was destroyed during the Russian occupation and the restaurant in Melitopol remains closed as the city is under Russian control since March 2022. See McDonald's Ukraine |
| 95 | Cyprus | June 12, 1997 | Larnaca | 24 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 56,041 | See McDonald's Cyprus |
| 96 | Jersey (British Crown dependency) | August 1, 1997 | Saint Helier | 1 | ? | 103,674 | |
| 97 | Ecuador | October 9, 1997 | Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito | 33 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 544,851 | See McDonald's Ecuador |
| 98 | Réunion (part of France) | December 14, 1997 | Saint-Denis | 16 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 54,680 | See McDonald's Réunion |
| 99 | Isle of Man (British Crown dependency) | December 15, 1997 | Douglas | 1 | ? | 84,165 | |
| 100 | Suriname | December 18, 1997 | Paramaribo | 2 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 314,443 | |
| 101 | Moldova | April 30, 1998 | Chișinău | 12 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 340,786 | See McDonald's Moldova |
| 102 | Nicaragua | July 11, 1998 | Managua | 8 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 852,952 | All McDonald's outlets in Nicaragua temporarily ceased operation during the Nicaraguan Civil War and were re-opened in 1998 after an absence of two decades. Amidst the war, however, one outlet continued operations as "Donald's". See McDonald's Nicaragua |
| 103 | Lebanon | September 18, 1998 | Beirut | 23 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 249,282 | See McDonald's Lebanon |
| 104 | Pakistan (details) | September 19, 1998 | Lahore | 83 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 2,981,982 | See McDonald's Pakistan |
| 105 | Georgia | February 5, 1999 | Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi | 23 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 165,543 | First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia |
| 106 | Gibraltar (territory of United Kingdom) | August 13, 1999 | Westside | 1 | (source: 2018) | 38,471 | See McDonald's Spain |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | November 6, 1999 | Fountains Square, Baku | 30 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 469,009 | See McDonald's Azerbaijan |
| 108 | French Guiana (part of France) | February 22, 2000 | Cayenne | 3 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 101,134 | See McDonald's French Antilles |
| 109 | American Samoa (territory of United States) | September 29, 2000 | Pago Pago | 1 | (source: McDonald's US 2024) | 44,620 | |
| 110 | Mauritius | July 4, 2001 | Port Louis | 16 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 79,599 | See McDonald's Mauritius |
| 111 | Vietnam | February 8, 2014 | Ho Chi Minh City | 33 | (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) | 3,040,976 | See McDonald's Vietnam |
| 112 | Saint Martin (territory of France) | December 29, 2014 | Marigot | 1 | (source: McDonald's Saint-Martin) | 27,515 | |
| 113 | Western Sahara (Area occupied by Morocco) | August 10, 2017 | Laayoune | 1 | (source: Publico) | 579,729 | See |

## Former locations

| # | Country/territory | Date of first store | Date of closure | Reason for closure | Number of stores |
| 1 | Iran | May 18, 1971 | February 11, 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. | 8 |
| 2 | Barbados | August 25, 1989 | December 13, 1990 | Closed due to extremely poor sales. | 1 |
| 3 | Bermuda (territory of United Kingdom) | November 10, 1985 | March 9, 1995 | Closed after the passage of a government law banning franchised restaurants in the territory. 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. | 1 |
| 4 | Bolivia | November 21, 1997 | November 30, 2002 | Closed due to poor sales and high prices. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Bolivian market, but with little success. | 8 |
| 5 | Jamaica | April 15, 1995 | October 14, 2005 | Closed due to political issues and declining sales. | 11 |
| 6 | Montenegro (part of Serbia and Montenegro at the time) | June 1, 2004 | May 2007 | A seasonal McDonald's restaurant was opened in Budva but was later closed due to the lack of a permanent location. | 1 |
| 7 | Iceland | September 9, 1993 | October 31, 2009 | Closed due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. All former McDonald's restaurants were renamed locally as Metro, which served the same menu as McDonald's along with domestic products. | 3 |
| 8 | North Macedonia (named Republic of Macedonia at the time) | September 6, 1997 | May 14, 2013 | Closed due to a dispute in contract and contractual obligations with the franchise owner Sveto Janevski. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Macedonian market, with little success. | 7 |
| 9 | San Marino | July 6, 1999 | July 6, 2019 | The one and only Sammarinese McDonald's restaurant was located in Borgo Maggiore. It ceased operations on July 6, 2019, 20 years after its opening, due to its close proximity to restaurants in nearby Italian communities, which resulted in a decline of sales. | 1 |
| 10 | Russia (details) (part of Soviet Union at the time) | January 31, 1990 | May 16, 2022 | First restaurant was opened in Pushkin Square, Moscow in 1990. It was the first outlet in the Soviet Union itself, which then dissolved in December 1991 after its opening. In March 2022, McDonald's suspended all operations in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. McDonald's later chose to permanently shut down all McDonald's operations in Russia, citing geopolitical concern. Before its closure, McDonald's had opened 850 restaurants in Russia. | 850 |
| 11 | Belarus | December 10, 1996 | November 27, 2022 | In November 2022, it was announced that McDonald's would be suspending operations in Belarus, and did so on November 27, and claimed the Russian fast food chain Vkusno i tochka (Вкусно и точка, Tasty and that's it) would take its place. Instead, the restaurants began operating under the sign, "We are open!". | 25 In early April 2023, KSB Victory Restaurants (operators of McDonald's in Belarus) filed an application for registration of the name and trademark "Mak.by". On April 18, 2023, the restaurant chain was renamed "Mak.by". |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | July 20, 2011 | December 31, 2022 | Closed "until further notice" due to McDonald's having its license to operating in the country revoked. | 6 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | March 8, 2016 | January 5, 2023 | Suspended due to supply restrictions that buying burger patties from Russia was prohibited due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. | 24 On 23 January 2023 the local owner of the franchise, Food Solutions KZ, reopened the restaurants under the brand "MyOtkryty" (МыОткрыты, WeAreOpen) with the same menu under slightly altered names. On 16 August 2023 this brand name was dropped and each of the restaurants in the country received its own name following the next pattern: "I'm" followed by any Kazakh or Russian first name, e.g. "Men Aidanamin" (Мен Айданамын, I'm Aidana). On 23 November of the same year the brand was renamed again as "I'm" written in English. |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | October 16, 1998 | March 25, 2024 | On March 25, 2024, all 12 outlets were temporarily closed until further notice as a result of McDonald's terminating its agreement with its Sri Lankan franchisee, Abans Plc, after being ordered by the Colombo High Court not to use the McDonald's branding. There were also allegations of poor hygiene. McDonald’s Corporation and International Restaurant Systems (Private) Limited have mutually agreed to end their franchise relationship in Sri Lanka. The companies reached a legal settlement that both parties found agreeable. | 12 |