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This is a list of countries with McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's is the second largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world,[1] with more than 36,000 outlets worldwide.[2] 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).[3][4][5][6] The biggest still standing is in Will Rogers Turnpike, Oklahoma.[6]

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

Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet

# Country Date of first store First outlet location Number of currently operating outlets Source and date of source People per outlet Notes
1 United States United States May 15, 1940
Franchise: April 13, 1955 		San Bernardino, California
Des Plaines, Illinois (Franchise) 		14,146[7] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 23,130 See McDonald's USA
2  Canada (details) June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia 1,450[7] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 25,560 This is the first McDonald's outside of the United States. See McDonald's Canada
3  Puerto Rico
(part of  United States) 		December 6, 1967 San Juan 108 (source: McDonald's 2013) 29,583 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  U.S. Virgin Islands
(part of  United States) 		September 5, 1970 St. Croix 6 (source: McDonald's 2013) 17,878
5  Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 54 (source: McDonald's 2013) 90,852 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[8] 981[9] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 26,739 First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas. See McDonald's Australia. Locally known as Maccas.
7  Guam
(part of  United States) 		June 10, 1971 Dededo 6 (source: Statista 2016) 27,372 First outlet in Micronesia.
8  Japan July 21, 1971 Tokyo 2,975[7] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 42,622 First outlet in Asia, see McDonald's Japan; McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc.[10] locally known as makku (マック). The most McDonald's in a country besides the United States
9  Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam 254[11] (source: McDonald's 2019) 69,714 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 57 (source: McDonald's 2013) 71,912 See McDonald's Panama
11 GermanyEast Germany Germany November 22, 1971
( West Germany)
December 21, 1990
(former Germany East Germany)[12] 		Munich
( West Germany)
Plauen
(former Germany East Germany) 		1,472[13][14] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 55,939 First outlet in West Germany opened in Munich-Obergiesing in 1971. McDonald's is locally known as Megges. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in Plauen in 1990 following reunification.
12 IranIranIran Iran 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, June 14, 1994, June 16, 1994 Tehran
13 FranceFrance France (details) June 30, 1972 Créteil 1,485[15] (source: Investopedia March 2, 2020) 47,209 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 per investopedia.com. See also McDonald's France.
14  El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador 19 (source: McDonald's 2019) 318,900
15 Sweden Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 191[16] (source: McDonald's 2019) 44,422 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden
16  Guatemala June 6, 1974 Guatemala City 95 (source: McDonald's 2019) 179,894 See McDonald's Guatemala
17  Curaçao (part of  Netherlands) August 16, 1974 Willemstad 5 (source: McDonald's 2013) 32,203 See McDonald's Aruba and Curaçao
18 EnglandScotlandScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandUnited Kingdom United Kingdom England: November 13, 1974[17]
Wales: December 3, 1984
Scotland: November 23, 1987[18]
Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991 		Woolwich, London (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Dundee (Scotland)
Belfast (Northern Ireland) 		1,274[7] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 51,837 Includes Isle of Man and Jersey (1 each)
England: 1,038
Scotland: 95
Wales: 62
Northern Ireland: 26
See McDonald's UK
19  Hong Kong
( British Hong Kong at the time) 		January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.[19] 237[16] (source: World Atlas January 12, 2018) 31,190 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.
20  Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau 3 (source: Dec. 2012) 131,787 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean.
21  New Zealand (details) June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington[20] 166 (source: 2018) 28,880 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris[21]
First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987.[22] See McDonald's New Zealand.
22   Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva 167 (source: McDonald's 2019) 50,419 see McDonald's Switzerland
23 Northern IrelandIreland Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 89 (source: McDonald's 2013) 53,753 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland
24 Austria-Hungary Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 195 (source: McDonald's 2019) 45,456 see McDonald's Austria
25  Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels 85 (source: McDonald's 2019) 153,378 See McDonald's Belgium
26  Brazil February 13, 1979 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 1,023[23] (source: Investopedia March 2, 2020) 257,759 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
27  Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road 136 (source: Dec. 2012) 41,265 First outlet in Southeast Asia. See McDonald's Singapore All Singaporean McDonald's locations are certified ḥalal.[24]
28 SpainSpainSpainSpainSpain Spain March 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid 520[25] (source: Verdict April 18, 2018) 91,788 First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula, see McDonald's Spain
29-30-31  Denmark, the  Greenland and the  Faroe Islands April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 89 (source: 2018) 64,596 See McDonald's Denmark
32 PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines (details) September 27, 1981 Nicanor Reyes Street, Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila 655 [26] (source: BusinessWorld February 9, 2021) 163,938 See McDonald's Philippines
33  Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[27] 282[16] (source: McDonald's 2019) 100,701 Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia
34  Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 71 (source: McDonald's 2019) 72,027 see McDonald's Norway
35  Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei 413[16] (source: World Atlas January 12, 2018) 57,094 All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded.

See McDonald's Taiwan

36  Andorra June 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella 5 (source: 2018)[28] 15,393
37-38  Finland and the  Åland Islands December 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere 66 (source: McDonald's 2021 [1]) 83,879 see McDonald's Finland
39 Thailand Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok 240[16] (source: World Atlas January 12, 2018) 287,667 see McDonald's Thailand
40-41 Italy Italy and  Vatican City March 20, 1985 Bolzano[29] 598[25] (source: McDonald's 2019) 103,500 see McDonald's Italy
42  Aruba (part of  Netherlands Antilles at the time) April 4, 1985 Oranjestad 4 (source: 2016) 26,316 See McDonald's Aruba and Curaçao
43  Luxembourg July 17, 1985 Luxembourg City 10 (source: 2013) 57,600 see McDonald's Luxembourg
44 VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela August 31, 1985 Caracas 133 (source: 2018 website) 240,451 see McDonald's Venezuela
45  Mexico October 29, 1985 Mexico City 402[16] (source: World Atlas January 12, 2018) 321,393 see McDonald's Mexico
46  Bermuda (part of  United Kingdom) November 10, 1985, March 9, 1995 Hamilton
47  Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay 1 (source: Dec. 2012) 11,480,000 Guantanamo Bay; open only to military personnel. Do not accessible for Cuban citizens.
48 Ottoman Empire Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul 253[16] (source: McDonald's 2019) 312,980 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
49  Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 222 (source: Jun. 2018) 199,414 see McDonald's Argentina.
50  Macau
(Portugal Portuguese Macau at the time)
 April 11, 1987 Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula 27 (source: Dec. 2012) 23,058 Then Portuguese territory; McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants.
51  Syria June 12, 1987 Aleppo
52  Serbia
(then part of  Yugoslavia at the time) 		March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 30 (source: McDonald's 2020)[30] 234,067 First outlet in a communist country (not communist anymore) and first outlet in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia
53-54  South Korea and  North Korea March 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul 447[25] (source: McDonald's 2019) 115,145 See McDonald's South Korea
55 Austria-Hungary Hungary
( HPR at the time) 		April 13, 1988 Budapest[31] 92 (source: McDonald's 2019)[32] 111,341 Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary
56  Barbados August 25, 1989, December 13, 1990, June 10, 1996, January 1, 1997 Bridgetown
57 Russia Russia
(part of  Soviet Union at the time) 		January 31, 1990 Pushkin Square, Moscow 755[25] (source: September 2020) 195,911 First outlet in the Soviet Union itself, which then disintegrated 23 months after its opening. See [2]
58 China China October 8, 1990 Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen 2,700[7] (source: Investopedia November 15, 2018) 513,333 See McDonald's China.
59  Chile November 19, 1990 Santiago 77 (source: Dec. 2012) 234,416 See McDonald's Chile
60-61  Indonesia and  East Timor February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta (CLOSED) 224 (source: February 2020) 1,552,941 First branch in Sarinah closed 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself.[33] See McDonald's Indonesia
62 Portugal Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais 175 (source: May 2020) 69,662 See McDonald's Portugal
63 Greece Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Sq. 25 (source: McDonald's 2019) 448,750 See McDonald's Greece
64  Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo 25 (source: 2021)[34] 164,619 See McDonald's Uruguay
65  Martinique December 16, 1991 Fort-de-France 9 (source: 2016) 40,484 See McDonald's French Antilles
66  Czech Republic
(part of  Czechoslovakia at the time) 		March 20, 1992 Vodičkova street, Prague 102 (source: McDonald's CZ, Nov 2020) 106,868 First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic
67  Guadeloupe April 8, 1992 8 (source: 2016) 47,838 See McDonald's French Antilles
68 Poland Poland June 16, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" 462[35] (source: McDonald's 2021) 86,894 See McDonald's Poland
69  Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 2 ? 19,348
70  Brunei December 12, 1992 Bandar Seri Begawan 3 (source: 2018) 142,899 See Bruneian McDonald's
71-72  Morocco and  Western Sahara December 18, 1992, September 15, 2002 Casablanca 52 [36] 750,553 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
73  Northern Mariana Islands
(part of  United States) 		March 18, 1993 Saipan 2 (source:August 2011) 27,572 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997
74  Iceland September 1, 1993, November 1, 2009 Reykjavik
75-76  Israel and the  State of Palestine (details) October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan 185 (source: 2016) 47,092 First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel
77  Slovenia December 2, 1993 Čopova Street, Ljubljana 20 (source: McDonald's 2019) 103,300 See McDonald's Slovenia
78 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 Riyadh 304 (source: McDonald's 2019) 125,247 First outlet in the Arabian Peninsula. See McDonald's Saudi Arabia McDonald's Saudi Arabia
79  Botswana May 13, 1994 Gaborone
80  Kuwait June 15, 1994 Kuwait City (CLOSED) 77 (source: McDonald's 2019) 57,458
81  New Caledonia (part of  France) July 26, 1994 Nouméa 2 (source: 2012) 140,230
82 Oman Oman July 30, 1994 Salalah 24 (source: McDonald's 2019) 201,565 See McDonald's Oman
83  Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo 114 (source: McDonald's 2019) 937,981 See McDonald's Egypt
84  Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv 35 (excl. seasonal restaurants) 40 (inclulding seasonal and mobile restaurants) (source: McDonald's 2019) 200,001 See McDonald's Bulgaria
85  Bahrain December 15, 1994 Manama 23 (source: McDonald's 2019) 64,913 See McDonald's Bahrain
86  Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga 13 (source: McDonald's 2019)[37] 147,690 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia
87  United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994 Dubai[38] 172 (source: McDonald's 2019) 56,970 See McDonald's UAE
88  Jamaica April 15, 1995, October 14, 2005 Montego Bay
89  Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn 10 (source: McDonald's 2019)[39] 132,482 See McDonald's Estonia
90  Romania June 16, 1995 Bucharest 84 (source: McDonald's 2020) 280,571 See McDonald's Romania
91  Central African Republic June 21, 1995 Bangui
92  Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta 9 (source: McDonald's 2020, 1 in Malta, 1 in Gozo) 46,023 See McDonald's Malta
93  Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogota 81 (source: July 2013) 605,803 See McDonald's Colombia
94  Slovakia October 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica 35 (source: McDonald's SK, Nov 2020) 181,167 See McDonald's Slovakia
95 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa November 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng 275[16] (source: McDonald's 2019) 252,089 First outlet in Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa
96  Qatar December 13, 1995 Doha 46 (source: McDonald's 2019) 62,833 See McDonald's Qatar
97  Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 10 (source: McDonald's 2019) 842,273 See McDonald's Honduras
98  Sint Maarten (part of  Netherlands) December 15, 1995 Philipsburg 3 (source: December 2013) 13,703
99  Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb 37 (source: McDonald's 2021)[40] 122,425 See McDonald's Croatia
100  Samoa
(named Western Samoa at the time) 		March 2, 1996 Apia 1 ? 196,440
101  Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva 4 (source: 2001) 226,376 As of April 2012, Fiji was the only country in the world to still use the 2003 "i'm lovin' it" packaging as the other countries are using the 2008 packaging for meals and items. See McDonald's Fiji
102  Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen 1 (source: 2018) 37,810 See McDonald's Switzerland
103  Lithuania May 31, 1996 Vilnius 17 (source: 2020) 199,586 See McDonald's Lithuania
104  India October 13, 1996[41] Delhi 300[16] (source: 2018) 5,617,241 First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India
105  Peru October 18, 1996 Lima 40 (source: 2014) 804,250 See McDonald's Peru
106  Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman 31 (source: 2018) 312,968
107  Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asuncion 19 (source: 2018) 358,474 See McDonald's Paraguay
108  Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 31 ? 347,419 Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic
109  French Polynesia (part of  France) December 10, 1996 Tahiti 6 ? 47,167
110 BelarusBelarus Belarus December 10, 1996 Minsk 21 633,867
  • 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.
111  Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997, October 25, 2003, August 1, 2011 The Falls at West Mall 6 ? 228,167 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.[42]
112  Ukraine May 24, 1997 Kyiv 93 (source: December 2019) 451,612 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were closed in 2014. See McDonald's Ukraine
113-114  Cyprus,  Northern Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca 18 (source: 2016) 47,489 See McDonald's Cyprus
115-116  Guernsey and the  Jersey (United Kingdom British Crown dependency) August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 1 ? 100,080
117 Yemen Arab RepublicSouth Yemen Yemen August 22, 1997 Sana'a 1 One location in Sana'a for the U.S. Army, but there is also banned.
118 North Macedonia North Macedonia(named Republic of Macedonia at the time) September 6, 1997, May 15, 2013 Skopje
119  Ecuador October 9, 1997 Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito 30 (source: 2020) 566,667 See McDonald's Ecuador
120  Bolivia November 21, 1997, November 30, 2002 Sucre, La Paz
121  Reunion (part of  France) December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis 4 (source: 2018) 216,627
122  Isle of Man (United Kingdom British Crown dependency) December 15, 1997 Douglas 1 ? 84,287
123  Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo 3 (source: 2032) 192,000
124-125  Moldova,  Transnistria April 30, 1998 Chișinău 5 (source: 2018) 710,000 See McDonald's Moldova
126  Nicaragua July 11, 1998, 1975 Managua 6 (source: June 2010) 1,036,333 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".[43] See McDonald's Nicaragua
127  Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut 23 (source: 2018) 264,435 See McDelivery Lebanon, which is currently merged with its official website as local franchisee Miknas Food S.A.L. is gradually reforming their McDonald's store chain
128  Pakistan (details) September 19, 1998[44] Lahore 471 (source: CNBC) 115,000 McDonald's Pakistan
Second Outlet in South Asia
129  Sri Lanka October 16, 1998 Colombo 7 (source: March 4, 2013) 3,062,857 see McDonald's Sri Lanka
130-131-132-133 Georgia (country) Georgia,  Abkhazia,  Adjara,  South Ossetia February 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi 18 (source: 2020) 205,500 First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia
134  San Marino July 6, 1999, July 6 2019 Borgo Maggiore 1 Closed in 20 years, first outlet in Borgo Maggiore
135  Gibraltar
(part of  United Kingdom) 		August 13, 1999 Westside 1 (source: 2018) 34,571 See McDonald's Spain
136  Zambia November 2, 1999 Lusaka
137  Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku 15 (source: 2019)[45] 657,467 See McDonald's Azerbaijan
138  French Guiana
(part of  France) 		February 22, 2000 Cayenne 2 (source: 2016) 148,356 See McDonald's French Antilles
139  American Samoa
(part of  United States) 		September 29, 2000 Pago Pago 2 (source: 2008) 27,821
140  Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis 8 ? 180,714
141 AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan September 7, 2001 Kabul
142  Albania September 7, 2001 Tirana
143 Haiti Haiti October 26, 2001 Port au Prince
144  Belize October 26, 2001 Belize City
145  Mayotte (part of  France) May 1, 2003 Mamoudzou Official
146 Montenegro Montenegro(part of  Serbia and Montenegro at the time) June 1, 2004, 2007 Podgorica
147  Zimbabwe April 1, 2006 Harare
148-149 IraqIraqIraq Iraq and  Iraqi Kurdistan August 10, 2006 Baghdad 2 (source: 2006) 38,270,000 One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal.
150  Bangladesh January 1, 2008, May 1, 2018 Gulshan Thana, Dhaka
151  Mali September 4, 2008 Bamako 4 4 outlets in Bamako
152  Algeria December 1, 2008, June 1, 2006 Algeirs
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina July 20, 2011, October 9, 2009[46] Sarajevo 5 (source: 2020) 654,732 After some 10 years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Bosnia on October 9, 2009, July 20, 2011. See McDonald's Bosnia and Herzegovina
154 Libya Libya June 7, 2010 Tripoli
155  Ghana June 1, 2011 Accra
156-157  Armenia,  Nagorno-Karabakh September 4, 2012 Yerevan Opened in Yerevan in 2012.[47]
158  Vietnam February 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 22 (source: 2019) 5,620,000 First contemporary Communist Location. See McDonald's Vietnam
159  Tunisia January 1, 2015 Tunis and Port El Kantaoui Official
160  Kazakhstan March 8, 2016, January 1, 2003, May 1, 1990 Astana 20 (source: McDonald's 2020) 1,288,571 First outlet in Central Asia, but January 1 2003, closed, but reopened in March 8, 2016. See McDonald's Kazakhstan
161  Kenya September 1, 2017 Nairobi
162  Kosovo September 1, 2018 Prishtina
163  Nigeria February 1, 2019, June 1, 2011 Lagos
164  Namibia February 1, 2019 Windhoek
165  Angola February 1, 2019 Luanda
166-167  Cayman Islands and the  Falkland Islands (Malvines) February 1, 2019 George Town
168 MyanmarMyanmar Myanmar February 1, 2019 Yangon
169  Cambodia February 1, 2019 Phnom Penh
170    Nepal February 1, 2019 Kathmandu
171-172 Sudan Sudan and  South Sudan February 1, 2019 Khartoum
173-174  Ethiopia and  Eritrea February 1, 2019 Addis Ababa
175-176-177  Somalia,  Somaliland and  Djibouti February 1, 2019 Mogadishu
178-179  Senegal and  Gambia March 1, 2019 Dakar
180-181-182  Guinea,  Cape Verde and  Guinea-Bissau March 1, 2019 Conakry
183-184  Niger and  Burkina Faso March 1, 2019 Niamey
185  Chad March 1, 2019 Ndjamena
186  Kyrgyzstan April 1, 2019 Bishkek
187  Uzbekistan April 1, 2019 Tashkent
188  Papua New Guinea April 1, 2019 Port Moresby
189  Uganda May 1, 2019 Kampala
190  Mozambique May 1, 2019 Maputo
191  Cameroon May 1, 2019 Yaounde
192  Republic of the Congo May 1, 2019 Brazzaville
193  Democratic Republic of the Congo May 1, 2019 Kinshasa
194  Ivory Coast May 1, 2019 Yamoussoukro
195-196-197  Gabon,  Sao Tome and Principe and  Equatorial Guinea May 1, 2019 Libreville
198  Benin May 1, 2019 Porto Novo
199  Togo May 1, 2019 Lomé
200  Rwanda May 1, 2019 Kigali
201  Burundi May 1, 2019 Gitega
202 Malawi Malawi May 1, 2019 Lilongwe
203 Lesotho Lesotho May 1, 2019 Maseru
204-205-206  Madagascar and  Seychelles and  Comoros May 1, 2019 Antananarivo
207  Swaziland May 1, 2019 Mbabane
208  Liberia May 1, 2019 Monrovia
209  Sierra Leone May 1, 2019 Free Town
210 Mauritania Mauritania May 1, 2019 Nouakchott
211  Tanzania May 1, 2019 Dar es Salaam
212  Laos June 1, 2019 Vientiane
213  Bhutan June 1, 2019 Thimphu
214  Maldives June 1, 2019 Malé
225  Mongolia July 1, 2019 Ulaanbaatar
216  Tajikistan August 1, 2019 Dushanbe
217  Turkmenistan August 1, 2019 Aşgabat and Balkanabat
218  Antigua and Barbuda September 1, 2019 Saint John
219-220-221-222-223  Dominica,  Grenada,  Saint Lucia,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines September 1, 2019 Roseau
224-225  Guyana and  Bonaire September 1, 2019 Georgetown
226-227-228-229-230-231-232-233-234-235-236-237  Wallis and Futuna,  Vanuatu,  Solomon Islands,  Nauru,  Micronesia,  Marshall Islands,  Tuvalu,  Cook Islands,  Niue,  Palau,  Tonga,  Kiribati September 1, 2019 Mata-Utu
Countries with McDonald's restaurants, showing their first year with its first restaurant

Former locations

# Name of country Date of first store Date of closure Reason for closure
1 IranIranIran Iran[48] 1971, 1972, 1973, June 14, 1994 1979, June 16, 1994 Closed due to measures adopted by the Iranian government after the Iranian Revolution.
2  Barbados[49] August 25, 1989, June 10, 1996 December 13, 1990, January 1, 1997 Closed due to extremely poor sales.
3  Bermuda[50] (part of  United Kingdom) November 10, 1985 March 9, 1995 Closed due to a passage of the government law that banned 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.
4  Albania September 7, 2001 September 7, 2002 will rename into Kolonat
5  Syria June 12, 1987 September 1, 2014 All outlets were shut down in 2014 due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War.
5 Yemen Arab RepublicSouth Yemen Yemen August 22, 1997 September 15, 2016 First opened 21 years, but temporarily closed for 1 day, tomorrow, reopened for US Army only.
6  Bolivia November 21, 1997 November 30, 2002 Closed due to poor sales and high prices. McDonald's is trying to reenter the Bolivian market, but with no success so far.
7  Jamaica[51] April 15, 1995 October 14, 2005 Closed due to governmental problems and declining sales.
8 Montenegro Montenegro
(part of  Serbia and Montenegro at the time) 		June 1, 2004 2007 A seasonal McDonald's restaurant was opened in Budva, but it was closed due to the lack of location.
9  Iceland September 1, 1993 October 31, 2009

November 1, 2009

All branches were closed down by Icelandic affiliates due to both prohibitive costs of importing foreign food products as required by McDonald's. Its three former outlets were rebranded as its own chain of Metro restaurants, which offer similar services and menus with domestically produced ingredients.
10 North Macedonia North Macedonia
(named Republic of Macedonia at the time) 		September 6, 1997 May 15, 2013 Closed due to a dispute in contract and contractual obligations with the franchise owner Sveto Janevski.
11  San Marino July 6, 1999 July 6, 2019 The one and only McDonald's restaurant based in the country was located in Borgo Maggiore. It ceased operations on 6 July 2019, 20 years after its opening, due to its close proximity to restaurants in nearby Italian communities, which resulted in the decline of that restaurant's sales.

Expansions by region

Continent Location City Date Year
North America  United States San Bernardino May 15 1940
Caribbean/Hispanidad/Latin America  Puerto Rico San Juan November 10 1967
Central America  Costa Rica San José December 28 1970
Oceania  Australia Sydney May 30 1971
Asia  Japan Tokyo July 20 1971
Europe  Netherlands Zaandam August 21 1971
Scandinavia  Sweden Stockholm October 27 1973
South America/Lusosphere  Brazil Rio de Janeiro February 13 1979
Southeast Asia  Singapore Orchard Road October 20 1979
Iberian Peninsula  Spain Madrid March 10 1981
Muslim World  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur April 29 1982
Greater Middle East  Turkey Istanbul November 24 1986
Eastern Europe/Balkans/Slavic world  Yugoslavia Belgrade March 24 1988
Warsaw Pact  Hungary Budapest April 23 1988
Little Small Mini Slavic on Central/Eastern Europe  Czech Republic Prague March 20 1992
Big Slavic on Central/Eastern Europe  Poland Warsaw June 16 1992
Africa/Arab world  Morocco Casablanca December 18 1992
Middle East  Israel Ramat Gan October 14 1993
Baltic States  Latvia Riga December 15 1994
Romance on Central/Eastern Europe  Romania Bucharest June 16 1995
Indian Subcontinent  India Delhi October 13 1996
Caucasus  Georgia Tbilisi February 5 1999
Communist  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City February 8 2014
Central Asia  Kazakhstan Astana March 8 2016

See also

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