Teilnehmende restaurants mcdonalds

# Country/territory Date of first store First outlet location Max. no. of
operating
outlets Source and date of source Population per outlet Notes 1 United States May 15, 1940
Franchise: April 15, 1955 San Bernardino, California
Des Plaines, Illinois(Franchise)13,449 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]25,539 First outlet. See McDonald's USA2 Canada (details) June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia
(Reopened June 23, 2017)1,466 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]28,807 First outlet outside the United States. See McDonald's Canada3 Puerto Rico
(territory of United States)November 10, 1967 San Juan95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]34,127 First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean and the first McDonald's in a Hispanophone area. See McDonald's Puerto Rico4 United States Virgin Islands
(territory of United States)September 5, 1970 St. Croix5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]17,429 5 Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 73 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]69,939 Third country (not U.S. possession) where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica6 Australia May 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales^[13]1,032 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]25,631 First outlet in Oceania, outside the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. See McDonald's Australia. Locally nicknamed as Maccas. 7 Guam
(territory of United States)June 10, 1971 Dededo5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]33,301 First outlet in Micronesia. See McDonald's Guam & Saipan8 Japan July 21, 1971 Ginza Mitsukoshi, Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo2,982 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]41,707 First outlet in Asia, McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc.^[14] locally known as makku (マック) and makudo.^[15] See McDonald's Japan9 Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam263^[16](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]68,793 This was the first outlet in Europe. Opened in 1971 by European Master Franchisees Jan Sybesma McDonald's Europe – Plan to open 15 more stores in the next 4 years. See McDonald's Netherlands10 Panama September 1, 1971 Panama City81 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]55,046 See McDonald's Panama11 Germany November 22, 1971
(West Germany)
December 21, 1990
(former East Germany)^[17]Munich
(West Germany)
Plauen
(former East Germany)1,385^[18][19](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]61,046 First outlet in West Germany opened in Munich-Obergiesing in 1971. McDonald's is locally known as Mäkkes. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in Plauen in 1990 following reunification. See McDonald's Germany12 France (details) June 30, 1972 Créteil1,559^{[note 1][20]}(source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]42,616 First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. In 2019, France was the largest European market for the hamburger chain. See McDonald's France. 13 El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador22 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]286,801 14 Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm196 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]53,834 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden15 Guatemala June 6, 1974 Guatemala City110 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]164,771 See McDonald's Guatemala16 Curaçao
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)August 16, 1974 Willemstad5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]37,085 See McDonald's Curaçao17 United Kingdom England: November 13, 1974^[21]
Wales: December 3, 1984
Scotland: November 23, 1987^[22]
Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991 Woolwich, London(England)
Cardiff(Wales)
Dundee(Scotland)
Belfast(Northern Ireland)1,434 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]47,896 See McDonald's UK18 Hong Kong
(British Hong Kong at the time)January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island (now closed)^[23]254 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]29,302 First outlet in a Chinese-speaking territory. Hong Kong was then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory; McDonald's would open up a restaurant in China itself 15 years later. See McDonald's Hong Kong19 Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]133,147 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. See McDonald's Bahamas20 New Zealand (details) June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington^[24]170 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]30,428 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris^[25]
First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987.^[26] See McDonald's New Zealand. 21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva178 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]49,835 First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]54,701 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin. See McDonald's Ireland23 Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna199 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]45,882 See McDonald's Austria24 Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels111 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]105,522 See McDonald's Belgium25 Brazil February 13, 1979 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro1,130 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]186,850 First outlet opened in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, in 1979. First outlet opened in South America and first outlet in a lusophone country. Locally known as Méqui. See McDonald's Brazil26 Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road151 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]38,338 First outlet in Southeast Asia at Liat Towers. See McDonald's Singapore^[27]27 Spain March 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid599^[28](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]79,986 First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. See McDonald's Spain28 Denmark April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen107 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]55,590 See McDonald's Denmark29 Philippines (details) September 27, 1981 Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta), Sampaloc, Manila740 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]155,258 Licensed to Alliance Global Group. See McDonald's Philippines. 30 Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur^[29]371 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]94,680 Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia31 Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo79 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]69,863 The world's northernmost branch is located in Tromsø. See McDonald's Norway32 Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei409^[30](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]57,010 All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan33 Andorra June 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella5 (source: McDonald's Andorra December 27, 2024)^[31]17,173 See McDonald's Andorra34 Finland December 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere75 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]74,682 The branch in Rovaniemi was the world's northernmost McDonalds from 1997 to 2013 and again from 2022 to 2024. See McDonald's Finland35 Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok230 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]311,750 See McDonald's Thailand36 Italy March 20, 1985 Bolzano^[32]709 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]83,920 See McDonald's Italy37 Aruba
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)April 4, 1985 Oranjestad3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]35,980 See McDonald's Aruba38 Luxembourg July 17, 1985 Luxembourg City12 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]55,425 See McDonald's Luxembourg39 Venezuela August 31, 1985 El Rosal, Caracas (now closed) 83 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]340,974 See McDonald's Venezuela40 Mexico October 29, 1985 El Pedregal, Mexico City369^[30](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]351,598 See McDonald's Mexico41 Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]10,055,968 Guantanamo Bay; open only to U.S. military personnel. Not accessible for Cuban citizens. 42 Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul255^[30](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]342,237 First outlet opened in East Thrace; outlets in Anatolia would open later. Also first outlet in the Turkic-speaking world, with Azerbaijan coming second at 1999. See McDonald's Turkey43 Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires223 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]204,208 See McDonald's Argentina44 Macau
(Portuguese Macau at the time)
April 11, 1987 Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula39 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]18,273 Then Portuguese territory; Technically first in Portugal land, McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants.45 Serbia
(part of Yugoslavia at the time)March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade36 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]183,477 First outlet in a communist country and in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia46 South Korea March 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul399 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]129,696 See McDonald's South Korea47 Hungary
(Hungarian People's Republic at the time)April 13, 1988 Budapest^[33]111 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]87,265 First outlet in a Warsaw Pact country, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary48 China October 8, 1990 Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen5,903 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]240,994 The most in a market besides the US. See McDonald's China49 Chile November 19, 1990 Las Condes, Santiago97 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]202,668 See McDonald's Chile50 Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta (now closed) 312 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]901,250 First branch in Sarinah closed in 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself, the outlet would move 3 years later to the adjacent Jaya Building.^[34] See McDonald's Indonesia51 Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais199 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]52,416 See McDonald's Portugal52 Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Square 32 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]320,091 See McDonald's Greece53 Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]102,669 See McDonald's Uruguay54 Martinique
(part of France)December 16, 1991 Fort-de-France10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]34,600 See McDonald's French Antilles55 Czech Republic
(part of Czechoslovakia at the time)March 20, 1992 Vodičkova street, Prague119 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]90,838 First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic56 Guadeloupe
(part of France)April 8, 1992 Centre de Leyton Square Area, Capesterre-Belle-Eau9 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]41,835 See McDonald's French Antilles57 Poland June 17, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" (now closed) 546^[35](source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]70,994 See McDonald's Poland58 Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo1 (source: McDonald's France September 2023)^[36]38,956 59 Brunei December 13, 1992 Mission Hill Road, Bandar Seri Begawan5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]91,790 See McDonald's Brunei60 Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca70 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]538,750 First outlet in Africa and the first outlet in the Arab World; McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. See McDonald's Morocco61 Northern Mariana Islands
(territory of United States)March 18, 1993 Saipan2 (source:McDonald's US 2024) 23,664 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997 62 Israel (details) October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan226 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]40,957 First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel. 63 Slovenia December 2, 1993 Čopova Street, Ljubljana23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]92,104 See McDonald's Slovenia64 Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 Riyadh412 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]78,311 Home to the most McDonald's in the Middle East. First outlet in the Arabian Peninsula. See McDonalds's Central, Eastern and Northern.

See McDonald's Western and Southern

65 Kuwait June 15, 1994 Kuwait City (now closed) 87 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]55,618 Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East.^[37] See McDonald's Kuwait The first McDonald's in Kuwait closed after 25 years of service due to an expired contract between McDonald's and the Touristic Enterprises Company^[38]

See McDonald's Kuwait

66 New Caledonia (territory of France)July 26, 1994 Nouméa4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]72,468 See McDonald's New Caledonia67 Oman July 30, 1994 Salalah34 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]148,508 See McDonald's Oman68 Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo189 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]606,009 See McDonald's Egypt69 Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv46 (source: Corporate McDonald's October 5, 2024)^[12]140,543 See McDonald's Bulgaria70 Bahrain December 15, 1994 Manama33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]47,566 See McDonald's Bahrain71 Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga14 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]134,457 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia72 United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994 (Dubai)
June 10, 1995 (Abu Dhabi) Dubai (1994)
Abu Dhabi (1995) ^[39]203 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]52,424 See McDonald's UAE73 Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn11 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]124,291 See McDonald's Estonia74 Romania June 16, 1995 Unirii Square, Bucharest^[40]102 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]187,436 Locally nicknamed as Mec. See McDonald's Romania75 Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta9 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]59,217 See McDonald's Malta76 Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogota76 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]688,436 See McDonald's Colombia77 Slovakia October 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica43 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]128,327 See McDonald's Slovakia78 South Africa November 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng377 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]167,672 First outlet in Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa79 Qatar December 13, 1995 Doha75 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]39,721 See McDonald's Qatar80 Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]1,064,485 See McDonald's Honduras81 Sint Maarten
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)December 15, 1995 Philipsburg2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]21,375 82 Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb47 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 25, 2024)^[12]82,894 See McDonald's Croatia83 Samoa
(named Western Samoa at the time)March 2, 1996 Apia1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]216,663 Facebook84 Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]231,036 See McDonald's Fiji85 Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen1 (source: 2018) 39,598 See McDonald's Switzerland86 Lithuania May 31, 1996 Vilnius18 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]158,561 See McDonald's Lithuania87 India October 13, 1996^[41]Delhi581 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]2,475,163 First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India88 Peru October 18, 1996 San Isidro, Lima29 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]1,167,090 See McDonald's Peru89 Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman46 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]248,679 See McDonald's Jordan90 Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asuncion24 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]285,173 See McDonald's Paraguay91 Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]492,664 Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic92 French Polynesia (territory of France)December 10, 1996 Tahiti6 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]46,853 93 Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997 The Falls at West Mall 4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]375,733 McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 – October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales. Re-opened at The Falls at West Mall in 2011 and has since expanded to 5 other locations.^[42]94 Ukraine May 24, 1997 Near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv117 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]322,503 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were permanently closed after the Russian military invasion in March 2014.^[43][44] The 2 restaurants in Donetsk and the only one in Luhansk were also permanently closed after the War in Donbas intensified in late 2014.^[45][46] All restaurants in Ukraine were temporarily closed down due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; they reopened in September that same year.^[47] The restaurant in Kherson was destroyed during the Russian occupation and the restaurant in Melitopol remain close as the city is under Russian control since March 2022.^[48] See McDonald's Ukraine, 95 Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca24 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]56,041 See McDonald's Cyprus96 Jersey
(British Crown dependency)August 1, 1997 Saint Helier1 ? 103,674 97 Ecuador October 9, 1997 Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]544,851 See McDonald's Ecuador98 Réunion
(part of France)December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis16 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]54,680 See McDonald's Réunion99 Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)December 15, 1997 Douglas1 ? 84,165 100 Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]314,443 101 Moldova April 30, 1998 Chișinău12 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]340,786 See McDonald's Moldova102 Nicaragua July 11, 1998 Managua8 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]852,952 All McDonald's outlets in Nicaragua temporarily ceased operation during the Nicaraguan Civil War and were re-opened in 1998 after an absence of two decades. Amidst the war, however, one outlet continued operations as "Donald's".^[49] See McDonald's Nicaragua103 Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]249,282 See McDonald's Lebanon104 Pakistan (details) September 19, 1998^[50]Lahore78 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]3,173,135 See McDonald's Pakistan105 Georgia February 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]165,543 First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia106 Gibraltar
(territory of United Kingdom)August 13, 1999 Westside1 (source: 2018) 38,471 See McDonald's Spain107 Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku30 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]469,009 See McDonald's Azerbaijan108 French Guiana
(part of France)February 22, 2000 Cayenne3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]101,134 See McDonald's French Antilles109 American Samoa
(territory of United States)September 29, 2000 Pago Pago1 (source: McDonald's US 2024) 44,620 110 Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis16 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]79,599 See McDonald's Mauritius111 Vietnam February 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)^[12]3,040,976 See McDonald's Vietnam112 Saint Martin (territory of France)December 29, 2014^[51]Marigot1 (source: McDonald's Saint-Martin)^[52]27,515 113 Western Sahara (Area occupied by Morocco)August 10, 2017 Laayoune1 (source: Publico) 579,729 See [1]