List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

Table columns:
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

Table rows:
cells: 1
United States
May 15, 1940
San Bernardino, California
14,146
(source: Statista 2016)
22,985
See McDonald's USA
cells: 2
Canada (details)
June 3, 1967
Richmond, British Columbia
1,450
(source: Statista 2016)
24,242
See McDonald's Canada
cells: 3
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
cells: 4
U.S. Virgin Islands
September 5, 1970
St. Croix
6
(source: McDonald's 2013)
17,666
cells: 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
cells: 6
Australia
May 30, 1971
Yagoona, New South Wales[12]
920
(source: McDonald's 2013)
26,613
First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas. See McDonald's Australia.
cells: 7
Guam
June 10, 1971
Dededo
6
(source: Statista 2016)
27,166
cells: 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.[13]
cells: 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
cells: 10
Panama
September 1, 1971
Panama City
57
(source: McDonald's 2013)
71,192
See McDonald's Panama
cells: 11
Germany
November 22, 1971 ( West Germany) December 21, 1990 (former East Germany)[14]
Munich ( West Germany) Plauen (former East Germany)
1,470
(source: McDonald's December 2016)[15]
55,902
First outlet in West Germany. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in 1990 following reunification. See McDonald's Germany
cells: 12
France
June 30, 1972
Créteil
1,419
(source: McDonald's December 2016)[15]
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.
cells: 13
El Salvador
July 20, 1972
San Salvador
13
(source: McDonald's 2013)
490,538
Left in 1980 during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned after the war in 1992.
cells: 14
Sweden
October 27, 1973
Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
225
(source: December 2014)
44,546
First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden
cells: 15
Guatemala
June 6, 1974
Guatemala City
82
(source: McDonald's 2017)
197,268
See McDonald's Guatemala
cells: 16
Curacao
August 16, 1974
Willemstad
5
(source: McDonald's 2013)
31,800
See McDonald's Aruba and Curaçao
cells: 17
United Kingdom
England: 13 November 1974[16] Wales: 3 December 1984 Scotland: 23 November 1987[17] Northern Ireland: 12 October 1991
Woolwich, London (England) Cardiff (Wales) Dundee (Scotland) Belfast (Northern Ireland)
1,274
(source: McDonald's December 2016)[15]
51,106
Includes Isle of Man and Jersey (1 each) England: 1,038 Scotland: 95 Wales: 62 Northern Ireland: 26 See McDonald's UK
cells: 18
Hong Kong ( British Hong Kong at the time)
January 8, 1975
Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.[18]
237
R(source: McDonald's 2013)
31,118
Then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory. See McDonald's Hong Kong
cells: 19
Bahamas
August 4, 1975
Nassau
3
(source: Dec. 2012)
131,000
First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean.
cells: 20
New Zealand (details)
June 7, 1976
Porirua Central, Wellington[19]
162
(source: McDonald's 2013)
29,574
Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris[20] First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987.[21] See McDonald's New Zealand.
cells: 21
Switzerland
October 20, 1976
Geneva
162
(source: McDonald's 2013)
51,858
see McDonald's Switzerland
cells: 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
cells: 23
Austria
July 21, 1977
Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna
196
(source: McDonald's 2016)
44,520
see McDonald's Austria
cells: 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
cells: 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
cells: 26
Singapore
October 20, 1979
Liat Towers, Orchard Road
136
(source: Dec. 2012)
44,856
First outlet in Southeast Asia. See McDonald's Singapore
cells: 27
Spain
March 10, 1981
Gran Vía, Madrid
497[22][23]
(source: January 2016)
93,406
First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula, see McDonald's Spain
cells: 28
Denmark
April 15, 1981
Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen
89
(source: Dec. 2012)
64,595
See McDonald's Denmark
cells: 29
Philippines
September 27, 1981
Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila
572
(source: February 2018)[24][25]
183,423
See McDonald's Philippines
cells: 30
Malaysia
April 29, 1982
Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[26]
314
(source: June 2013)
100,417
First outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia
cells: 31
Norway
November 18, 1983
Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo
73
(source: Jun. 2017)
72,150
see McDonald's Norway
cells: 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
cells: 33
Andorra
June 29, 1984
Andorra la Vella
5
(source: 2016)[27]
17,000
cells: 34
Finland
December 14, 1984
Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere
65
(source: June 2017 [2])
84,676
see McDonald's Finland
cells: 35
Thailand
February 23, 1985
Bangkok
240
(source: 2017)
283,162
see McDonald's Thailand
cells: 36
Aruba
April 4, 1985
Oranjestad
4
(source: 2016)
25,750
See McDonald's Aruba and Curaçao
cells: 37
Luxembourg
July 17, 1985
Luxembourg City
10
(source: 2013)
57,600
see McDonald's Luxembourg
cells: 38
Venezuela
August 31, 1985
Caracas
140
(source: 2013 website)
226,964
see McDonald's Venezuela
cells: 39
Italy
October 15, 1985
Piazza Walter, Bolzano
570
(source: February. 2016)[28]
106,296
see McDonald's Italy
cells: 40
Mexico
October 29, 1985
Mexico City
402
(source: Dec. 2012)
297,340
see McDonald's Mexico
cells: 41
Cuba
April 24, 1986
Guantanamo Bay
1
(source: Dec. 2012)
11,239,000
Guantanamo Bay – Open only to base personnel.
cells: 42
Turkey
October 24, 1986
Istanbul
255
(source: June 2016)[29]
313,000
see McDonald's Turkey. First outlet in West Asia.
cells: 43
Argentina
November 24, 1986
Belgrano, Buenos Aires
209
(source: Dec. 2012)
207,736
see McDonald's Argentina.
cells: 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.
cells: 45
Serbia (part of Yugoslavia at the time)
March 24, 1988
Slavija Square, Belgrade
30
(source: October 2016)[30]
271,461
First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia
cells: 46
South Korea
March 29, 1988
Gangnam District, Seoul
450[31]
(source: June 2017)
113,888
See McDonald's South Korea
cells: 47
Hungary ( HPR at the time)
April 13, 1988
Budapest[32]
90
(source: May 2014)[33]
109,222
Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. See McDonald's Hungary
cells: 48
Russia (part of Soviet Union at the time)
January 31, 1990
Pushkin Square, Moscow
645
(source: January 2017)[34]
223,255
See McDonald's Russia
cells: 49
PR of China
October 8, 1990
Shenzhen
2,391
(source: December 2016)[35]
624,336>
See McDonald's China.
cells: 50
Chile
November 19, 1990
Santiago de Chile
77
(source: Dec. 2012)
233,844
See McDonald's Chile
cells: 51
Indonesia
February 23, 1991
Sarinah, Jakarta
170
(source: 2016)
1,550,058
See McDonald's Indonesia
cells: 52
Portugal
May 23, 1991
CascaiShopping, Cascais
148
(source: Sep. 2015)
69,871
See McDonald's Portugal
cells: 53
Greece
November 12, 1991
Athens Syntagma Sq.
24
(source: March 2017)
456,458
See McDonald's Greece
cells: 54
Uruguay
November 18, 1991
Montevideo
21
(source: 2014)
163,190
See McDonald's Uruguay
cells: 55
Martinique
December 16, 1991
Fort-de-France
9
(source: 2016)
42,888
See McDonald's French Antilles
cells: 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
cells: 57
Guadeloupe
April 8, 1992
8
(source: 2016)
50,250
See McDonald's French Antilles
cells: 58
Poland
June 16, 1992
Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam"
400
(source: December 2017)
94,875
See McDonald's Poland
cells: 59
Monaco
November 20, 1992
Monte Carlo
2
19,000
cells: 60
Brunei
December 12, 1992
Bandar Seri Begawan
2
(source: 2016)
208,500
cells: 61
Morocco
December 18, 1992
Casablanca
40
(source: 2017)[36]
846,200
First outlet in Africa – McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. See McDonald's Morocco
cells: 62
Northern Marianas
March 18, 1993
Saipan
2
(source:August 2011)
26,500
First outlet opened on the island of Saipan – Along with a second outlet in 1997
cells: 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
cells: 64
Slovenia
December 2, 1993
In Čopova Street, Ljubljana
20
(source: 2016)
103,300
See McDonald's Slovenia
cells: 65
Saudi Arabia
December 8, 1993
Riyadh
224
(source: 2016)
147,321
See McDonald's Saudi Arabia McDonald's Saudi Arabia
cells: 66
Kuwait
June 15, 1994
75
(source: 2016)
57,973
See McDonald's Kuwait
cells: 67
New Caledonia
July 26, 1994
Nouméa
2
(source: 2012)
134,500
cells: 68
Oman
July 30, 1994
15
(source: 2014)
304,866
See McDonald's Oman
cells: 69
Egypt
October 20, 1994
Cairo
100
(source: 2017)
1,260,621
See McDonald's Egypt
cells: 70
Bulgaria
December 10, 1994
Plovdiv
42
(source: 2011)
169,095
See [3]
cells: 71
Bahrain
December 15, 1994
Muharraq City
20
(source: July 2017)
68,900
See McDonald's Bahrain
cells: 72
Latvia
December 15, 1994
Riga
12
(source: June 2012)[37]
162,750
First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia
cells: 73
United Arab Emirates
December 21, 1994
Abu Dhabi
114
(source: 2016)
88,938
See McDonald's UAE
cells: 74
Estonia
April 29, 1995
Tallinn
10
(source: June 2015)[38]
131,600
See McDonald's Estonia
cells: 75
Romania
June 16, 1995
Bucharest
70
(source: 2017)
280,543
See McDonald's Romania
cells: 76
Malta
July 7, 1995
Valletta
10
(source: McDonald's 2016, 9 in Malta, 1 in Gozo)
44,500
See McDonald's Malta
cells: 77
Colombia
July 14, 1995
Centro Andino, Bogota
81
(source: July 2013)
607,530
See McDonald's Colombia
cells: 78
Slovakia
October 14, 1995
Banská Bystrica
30
(source: 2015)
180,866
See McDonald's Slovakia
cells: 79
South Africa
November 11, 1995
Blackheath, Gauteng
225
(source: 2016)
244,253
See McDonald's South Africa
cells: 80
Qatar
December 13, 1995
25
(source: 2016)
107,040
See McDonald's Qatar
cells: 81
Honduras
December 14, 1995
Tegucigalpa
8
1,031,250
See McDonald's Honduras
cells: 82
Sint Maarten
December 15, 1995
Philipsburg
3
(source: December 2013)
11,333
cells: 83
Croatia
February 2, 1996
Zagreb
30
(source: 2018)[39]
139,033
See McDonald's Croatia
cells: 84
Samoa (named Western Samoa at the time)
March 2, 1996
Apia
1
192,000
cells: 85
Fiji
May 1, 1996
Suva
4
(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
cells: 86
Liechtenstein
May 3, 1996
Triesen
3
(source: 2014)
12,333
See McDonald's Liechtenstein
cells: 87
Lithuania
May 31, 1996
Vilnius
11
(source: 2015)[40]
257,090
See McDonald's Lithuania
cells: 88
India
October 13, 1996[41]
Delhi
290+
(source: 2017)[42][43]
5,306,288>
First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India
cells: 89
Peru
October 18, 1996
Lima
40
(source: 2014)
778,800
See McDonald's Peru
cells: 90
Jordan
November 7, 1996
Amman
28
(source: 2016)
352,928
cells: 91
Paraguay
November 21, 1996
Asuncion
11
(source: 2011)
616,636
See McDonald's Paraguay
cells: 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
cells: 93
French Polynesia
December 10, 1996
Tahiti
6
47,666
cells: 94
Belarus
December 10, 1996
Minsk
13
(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.
cells: 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.[44]
cells: 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
cells: 97
Cyprus
June 12, 1997
Larnaca
18
(source: 2016)
63,388
See McDonald's Cyprus
cells: 98
Jersey
August 1, 1997
Saint Helier
1
100,080
cells: 99
Ecuador
October 9, 1997
6 de Diciembre Avenue, Quito
27
(source: 2014)
597,925
See McDonald's Ecuador
cells: 100
Bolivia
October 24, 1997
La Paz
1
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.
cells: 101
Reunion
December 14, 1997
Saint-Denis
4
(source: 2018)
210,904
cells: 102
Isle of Man
December 15, 1997
Douglas
1
84,000
cells: 103
Suriname
December 18, 1997
Paramaribo
2
(source: 2010)
293,000
cells: 104
Moldova
April 30, 1998
Chisinau
4
(source: 2015)
749,500
cells: 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".[45] See McDonald's Nicaragua
cells: 106
Lebanon
September 18, 1998
Beirut
33
(source: 2013)
187,424
cells: 107
Pakistan
September 19, 1998[46]
Karachi
72
(source: 2017)
2,885,757
McDonald's Pakistan
cells: 108
Sri Lanka
October 16, 1998
Colombo
7
(source: March 4, 2013)
2,896,857
see McDonald's Sri Lanka
cells: 109
Georgia
February 5, 1999
Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
11
(source: 2016)
338,181
First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia
cells: 110
San Marino
July 6, 1999
Borgo Maggiore
1
(source: 2010)
33,000
cells: 111
Gibraltar
August 13, 1999
1
32,000
cells: 112
Azerbaijan
November 6, 1999
Fountains Square, Baku
12
(source: 2016)[47]
818,666
See McDonald's Azerbaijan
cells: 113
French Guiana
February 22, 2000
Cayenne
2
(source: 2016)
125,000
See McDonald's French Antilles
cells: 114
American Samoa
September 29, 2000
2
(source: 2008)
27,000
cells: 115
Mauritius
July 4, 2001
Port Louis
7
192,571
cells: 117
Iraq
August 10, 2006
Baghdad
1
(source: 2006)
38,146,000
One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal.
cells: 118
Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 21, 2011[48]
Sarajevo
4
(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
cells: 119
Vietnam
February 8, 2014
Ho Chi Minh City
17
(source: 2017)
6,180,000
See McDonald's Vietnam
cells: 120
Kazakhstan
March 8, 2016
Astana
9
1,778,844
First outlet in Central Asia. See McDonald's Kazakhstan
cells: 121
Tunisia
January 3, 2018
Tunis
1
11,110,000
cells: 122
Kenya
Coming Soon
Nairobi
(source: 2017)
49,125,325
Announced on December 10, 2017.
cells: 123
Nepal
Coming Soon
Kathmandu
(source: 2018)
28,982,770
cells: 124
Myanmar
Coming Soon
Yangon
(source: 2018)
53,582,855
cells: 125
Cambodia
Coming Soon
Phnom Penh
(source: 2018)
15,762,370
cells: 126
Mongolia
Coming Soon
Ulaanbaatar
(source: 2018)
3,081,677
cells: 127
Tanzania
Coming Soon
Dar es Salaam
(source: 2018)
55,572,201
cells: 128
Namibia
Coming Soon
Windhoek
(source: 2018)
2,606,971
cells: 129
Angola
Coming Soon
Luanda
(source: 2018)
25,789,024
cells: 130
Zambia
Coming Soon
Lusaka
(source: 2018)
16,591,390
cells: 131
Cayman Islands
Coming Soon
George Town
(source: 2018)
60,765
cells: 132
Haiti
Coming Soon
Port-au-Prince
(source: 2018)
10,847,334
cells: 133
Laos
Coming Soon
Vientiane
(source: 2018)
6,758,353

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