List of countries with McDonald's restaurants
Appearance
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 |
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1 | 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 | Germany | November 22, 1971 ( West Germany) December 21, 1990 (former East Germany)[12] |
Munich ( West Germany) Plauen (former 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 | Iran | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, June 14, 1994, June 16, 1994 | Tehran | ||||
13 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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 | February 23, 1985 | Bangkok | 240[16] | (source: World Atlas January 12, 2018) | 287,667 | see McDonald's Thailand |
40-41 | 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 | 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 | 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 ( 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 | 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 (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 | 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 | May 23, 1991 | CascaiShopping, Cascais | 175 | (source: May 2020) | 69,662 | See McDonald's Portugal |
63 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Belarus | December 10, 1996 | Minsk | 21 | 633,867 |
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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 ( British Crown dependency) | August 1, 1997 | Saint Helier | 1 | ? | 100,080 | |
117 | Yemen | August 22, 1997 | Sana'a | 1 | One location in Sana'a for the U.S. Army, but there is also | ||
118 | 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 ( 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, 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 | Afghanistan | September 7, 2001 | Kabul | ||||
142 | Albania | September 7, 2001 | Tirana | ||||
143 | 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(part of Serbia and Montenegro at the time) | June 1, 2004, 2007 | Podgorica | ||||
147 | Zimbabwe | April 1, 2006 | Harare | ||||
148-149 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Myanmar | February 1, 2019 | Yangon | ||||
169 | Cambodia | February 1, 2019 | Phnom Penh | ||||
170 | Nepal | February 1, 2019 | Kathmandu | ||||
171-172 | 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 | May 1, 2019 | Lilongwe | ||||
203 | 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 | 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 |
Former locations
# | Name of country | Date of first store | Date of closure | Reason for closure |
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1 | 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 | 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 (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 (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
See also
- Big Mac Index
- Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
- Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention
- International availability of McDonald's products
- List of countries with Burger King franchises
- List of countries with KFC franchises
- List of countries with Jollibee outlets
- List of sovereign states
- Lists of restaurants
- MaDonal
- List of countries with IKEA stores
- McDonaldization
- McWorld
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