List of countries with McDonald's franchises
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This is a listing of countries with McDonald's franchises. McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

 is the largest chain of fast food restaurant
Fast food restaurant
A fast food restaurant, also known as a Quick Service Restaurant or QSR within the industry itself, is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service...

s in the world. It has more than 33,000 outlets worldwide. The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.

Countries currently with McDonald's franchises

# Country Date First outlet location Number of currently operating outlets Notes
1  United States May 15, 1940 San Bernardino
San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

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13,381 (source: May 2009)
2  Canada June 1, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...

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1,400 (source: March 2007)
3  Puerto Rico November 10, 1967 First McDonald's in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 and in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

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4 September 4, 1970
5  Costa Rica December 28, 1970 San José
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue.
36 (source: March 2011) Third country (not U.S. possession) and first outlet outside Northern America
Northern America
Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America; the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico...

 where McDonald's opened.
6  Guam June 10, 1971 First outlet in Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 and first outlet outside the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

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7  Japan July 20, 1971 Tokyo 3,598 (source: 2004) First outlet in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

8  Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam
Zaandam
Zaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811...

225 (source: 2011) First outlet in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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9  Panama September 1, 1971 37 (source: 2009)
10  Germany November 22, 1971 1,361 (source: February 2010) First outlet in West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

: outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991.
11  Australia May 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales
Yagoona, New South Wales
Yagoona, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Yagoona is an Aboriginal word meaning 'now' or...

780 (Sep 2011) First outlet in Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 (in a sovereign state)
12  Early Modern France June 30, 1972 1,161 (source: December 2009) First outlet in Créteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979
13  El Salvador July 20, 1972 11 (source: Sept 2009) Left during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned in 1992.
14  Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

230 (source: December 2009) First outlet in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

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15  Guatemala June 6, 1974 80 (source: 2011)
16  Curaçao August 16, 1974
17 October 1, 1974 Woolwich
Woolwich
Woolwich is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.Woolwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

2,600 (United Kingdom-wide, source: 2011)
18  Hong Kong
 Hong Kong
January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, located on the Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts. The Chinese name is also romanized as Tung Lo Wan as in Tung Lo Wan Road...

, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

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200 (source:2009) Then a British Crown colony
Crown colony
A Crown colony, also known in the 17th century as royal colony, was a type of colonial administration of the English and later British Empire....

/Dependent Territory
British overseas territories
The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories...

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19  The Bahamas August 4, 1975
20  New Zealand June 7, 1976 Porirua
Porirua
Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

 Central, Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

152 (Sep 2011) Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris
Hugh Morris (businessman)
Hugh Morris was a New Zealand businessman who founded McDonald’s New Zealand in 1976.Morris founded the first McDonald's in New Zealand in 1976. He established the company with the aid of several business partners, including Lionel Whitehead, Gary Lloydd, Ray Stonelake, and his brother, Wally...


First South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...

 restaurants opened at Linwood
Linwood, New Zealand
Linwood is an inner suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies to the East of the city centre, mostly between Ferry Road and Linwood Avenue, two of the major arterial roads to the Eastern suburbs of Christchurch.-History:...

 and Merivale
Merivale
Merivale is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, north of the city centre. Its boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand as being Heaton Street to the north, Papanui Road to the east, Harper and Bealey Avenues to the south and Rossall Sreet to the west, although Real Estate advertising...

, both Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

, on 3 November 1987.
21  Switzerland October 20, 1976 148 (source: March 2010)
22  Republic of Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 79 (source: February 2009)
23  Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz
Schwarzenbergplatz
Schwarzenbergplatz is a Vienese square in Vienna, Austria. It is actually more a like a small, open street than a square, and it runs between the Kärntner Ring section of the Ringstraße and Lothringerstraße. Travelling south, the street, Schwarzenbergstraße, becomes Schwarzenbergplatz after passing...

, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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168 (source: 2009)
24  Belgium March 21, 1978 64 (source: 2004)
25  Brazil February 13, 1979 Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

560 (source: 2009) First outlet in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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26  Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road
Orchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...

180 (source: 2011)
27  Spain March 10, 1981 276 (source: 2004)
28  Denmark April 15, 1981 83 (source: December 2009)
29  Philippines September 27, 1981 Morayta, Sampaloc
Sampaloc, Manila
Sampaloc is a district of Manila which is primarily a residential and educational center. Part of the Malacañang Palace is located in Sampaloc. The University of Santo Tomas, University of the East Manila are part of the University Belt to name a few, the famous Dangwa flower market at Dimasalang...

, Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

320 (source: 2011)
30  Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 194 (source: 2009) First outlet in a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

-majority country.
31  Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

68 (source: December 2009)
32  Republic of China January 28, 1984 Taipei City, Taiwan 338 (source: 2004)
33  Andorra June 29, 1984 3 (source: 2009)
34 December 3, 1984
35  Finland December 14, 1984 Tampere 93 (source: 2004)
36  Thailand February 23, 1985 88 (source: 2004)
37  Aruba April 4, 1985
38  Luxembourg July 17, 1985 7 (source: 2009)
39  Venezuela August 31, 1985 197 (source: 2009)
40  Italy October 15, 1985 near Piazza di Spagna, Rome 392 (source: 2009)
41  Mexico October 29, 1985 500+ (source: 2011)
42  Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas...

1 (source: 2009) Guantanamo Bay
43  Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

160 (source: 2010) First outlet in the Greater Middle East
Greater Middle East
The Greater Middle East is a political term coined by the Bush administration to group together together various countries, pertaining to the Muslim world, specifically Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Various Central Asian countries are sometimes also included. Some speakers may use the...

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44  Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 187 (source: 2009)
45  Macau
 Macau
April 11, 1987 Then Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 territory; McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later.
46 November 23, 1987 Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

Second store was Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...

. It took over 13 years since McDonald's first appeared in the UK.
47  Kingdom of Yugoslavia/
 Serbia
March 24, 1988 15 (source: 2011) First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans.
48  South Korea March 29, 1988 Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

243 (source: 2011)
49  Hungary April 13, 1988 Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

100 (source: 2009) Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance , or more commonly referred to as the Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe...

 member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...

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50  Soviet Union/ Russia January 31, 1990 270 (source: 2010)
51  Mainland China October 8, 1990 Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...

850 (August 2010)
52  Chile November 19, 1990 69 (source: 2009)
53  Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

110 (source: 2009)
54  Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais
Cascais
Cascais is a coastal town in Cascais Municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal...

91 (source: 2004)
55 October 14, 1991 Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

32 (source:2006)
56  Greece November 12, 1991 48 (source: 2004)
57  Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo
58  Martinique December 16, 1991
59  Czechoslovakia March 20, 1992 72 (source: 2006) First outlet in Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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60  Guadeloupe April 8, 1992
61  Poland June 17, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw 271 (source: 2011)
62  Monaco November 20, 1992
63  Brunei December 12, 1992 1 (source: 2004)
64  Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

27 (source: November 2011) First outlet in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 - McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica.
65 March 18, 1993 2 (source:August 2011) First outlet opened on the island of Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...

 - Along with the a second outlet in 1997
66  Israel October 14, 1993 153 (source: May 2010)
67  Slovenia December 2, 1993 In Čopova Street, Ljubljana 16 (source: 2009)
68  Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 60 (source: 2009)
70  Kuwait June 15, 1994 37 (source: 2007)
71  New Caledonia July 26, 1994
72  Oman July 30, 1994 9 (December 2009)
73  Egypt October 20, 1994 50 (source 2003)
74  Kingdom of Bulgaria December 10, 1994 36 (source: 2011)
75  Bahrain December 15, 1994 14 (source: 2010)
76  Latvia December 15, 1994 10 (source: October 2011) First outlet in the Baltics.
77  United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994
78  Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

8 (source: 2011)
79  Kingdom of Romania June 16, 1995 126 (source: 2010)
80  Malta July 7, 1995 8 (7 in Malta, 1 in Gozo, source: 2009)
81  Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino
Centro Andino
The Centro Andino Mall started construction on January, 1991. It's located in Bogotá, Colombia in la "Zona Rosa", near the "Zona T" and next to El Retiro Mall, another mall of Bogotá. Centro Andino is made up of a business center and shopping mall...

, Bogota
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

78 (source: November 2009)
82  Slovakia October 14, 1995 25 (source: 2011)
83  South Africa November 11, 1995 129 (source: 2009)
84  Qatar December 13, 1995 7 (source: 2003)
85  Honduras December 14, 1995
86  Saint Martin (France) December 15, 1995
87  Independent State of Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

19 (18 opened, 1 opening) (source: 2011)
88 March 2, 1996
89 May 1, 1996 3 (source: 2001)
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 6 (source: 2009)
97  Dominican Republic November 30, 1996
98  French Polynesia December 10, 1996 Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

99  Belarus December 10, 1996 Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

6 (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 28, 1997 Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

72 (source: 2011)
101  Yemen August 22, 1997
102  Republic of Macedonia September 6, 1997 6 (source: 2010)
103  Ecuador October 9, 1997 20 (source: 2011) The company had a problem when they are found stablished in this country because it has a restaurant with the same name and they are claim for a ilegal copy in the name but has diferents products and typography nowadays this company are closed
104  Réunion December 14, 1997
105  Isle of Man December 15, 1997
106  Suriname December 18, 1997 2 (source: 2010)
107  Moldova April 30, 1998 Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

4 (source: 2010)
108  Nicaragua July 11, 1998 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.
109  Lebanon September 18, 1998 21 (source: 2011)
110  Pakistan September 19, 1998 25 (source: 2005)
111  Sri Lanka October 16, 1998
112  Georgia (country) February 5, 1999 Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

4 (source: 2010) First outlet in the Caucasus.
113  San Marino July 6, 1999 Borgo Maggiore
Borgo Maggiore
Borgo Maggiore is one of the 9 communes or "castelli" of San Marino. It lies at the foot of Monte Titano and has a population of 5,992 , making it the second largest town of San Marino, after Dogana.-Geography:...

1 (source: 2010)
114  Gibraltar August 13, 1999
115  Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

9 (source: 2011)
116  French Guiana February 22, 2000
117  American Samoa September 29, 2000
118  Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis
Port Louis
-Economy:The economy is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. The port was founded by the French who preferred Port Louis as the City is shielded by the Port Louis/Moka mountain range. It is the largest container handling facility in the Indian Ocean and can...

2 (source: 2011)
119  Mayotte May 1, 2003
120  Kingdom of Montenegro June 1, 2004 Budva
Budva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...

1 (source: 2006) A McDonalds restaurant was opened in Budva in 2004,but it has been closed in 2007 due to the lack of location.
121  Iraq August 10, 2006 Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

1 (source: 2006) One location in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

 for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal
MaDonal
MaDonal is a restaurant located in the town of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. It intentionally resembles McDonald's, both in appearance and menu; for instance, MaDonal's menu includes "Big Macks." It is one of two McDonald's-like restaurants in the town; the other one, Matbax, claims that MaDonal...

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122  Bosnia and Herzegovina July 20, 2011 Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

2 (source: 2011) After 10 some years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in BiH on 07/20/2011. Days later construction started on the first drive-thru, while ongoing planning is wrapping up for outlets in Banja Luka and Mostar.
123 August 2011 Westmoorings
Westmoorings
Westmoorings is a residential area on the island Trinidad, west of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. This suburb consists of mainly upper middle class to upper class families and is generally known throughout the country for its upscale housing, although this has changed in recent...

, Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

1 (source: 2011) Currently slated to re-open at The Falls At West Mall. McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 - October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales.

Former locations

  1. (July 14–16, 1994)  Iran - political reasons
  2. (November 10, 1985-March 9, 1995)  Bermuda - government influence
  3. (June 30-December 31, 1996)  Barbados - slow sales
  4. (February 1, 1997-December 31, 2002)  Bolivia - closed due to slow sales and cost
  5. (April 15, 1995-October 30, 2005)  Jamaica http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Business/html/20051001T210000-0500_89555_OBS_MCDONALD_S_LEAVING_JAMAICA__.asp - closed due to government problems and slow sales
  6. (September 3, 1993-October 31, 2009)  Iceland http://visir.is/article/20091026/FRETTIR01/326438990 - 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
    Metro (restaurant chain)
    Metro is an Icelandic fast food restaurant chain. It replaced McDonald's after McDonald's left Iceland in November 2009. However, some McDonald's menu items are on the Metro menu instead with domestic products....

     restaurants offering similar service and menus with domestically produced ingredients.

Expansions by region

Continent Location City Date Year
North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 
 United States  San Bernardino
San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

 
May 15 1940
Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 
 Puerto Rico San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

 
November 10 1967
Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

 
 Costa Rica San José
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

 
December 28 1970
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 
 Australia Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 
May 30 1971
Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 
 Japan  Tokyo July 20 1971
Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 
 Netherlands Zaandam
Zaandam
Zaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811...

 
August 21 1971
South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

 
 Brazil  Rio de Janeiro (state) February 13 1979
Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 
 Morocco Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

 
December 18 1992

See also

  • International availability of McDonald's products
  • List of countries
  • List of countries with Burger King franchises
  • Big Mac Index
    Big Mac index
    The Big Mac Index is published by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries...

  • McDonaldization
    McDonaldization
    McDonaldization is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book The McDonaldization of Society . He explains it occurs when a culture possesses the characteristics of a fast-food restaurant. McDonaldization is a reconceptualization of rationalization, or moving from traditional to rational...

  • Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention
  • McWorld
    McWorld
    McWorld is a term used to describe the spreading of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization, and more generally to describe the effects of international McDonaldization of services and commercialization of goods as an element of globalization as a whole...

  • Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
    Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
    The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention, also known as simply the Dell Theory, has been presented by Thomas Friedman in his book The World Is Flat...

  • MaDonal
    MaDonal
    MaDonal is a restaurant located in the town of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. It intentionally resembles McDonald's, both in appearance and menu; for instance, MaDonal's menu includes "Big Macks." It is one of two McDonald's-like restaurants in the town; the other one, Matbax, claims that MaDonal...


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