# Name of country Date of first store First outlet location Number of currently operating outlets Source and date of source People per outlet Notes

5 Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San Jose, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 54 (source: McDonald's 2013) 84,925 Third country (not U.S. possession) and first outlet outside Northern America where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica

7 Guam June 10, 1971 Dededo 6 (source: Statista 2016) 27,166 First outlet in Micronesia.

8 Japan July 21, 1971 Tokyo 2,975 (source: McDonald's 2015) 42,598 First outlet in Asia, see McDonald's Japan; McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc.[13] locally known as makku(マック).

9 Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam 246 (source: 2018) 69,797 This was the first outlet in Europe. Opened in 1971 by European Master Franchisees Jan Sybesma & Diet de Wolff (Brother & Sister) - McDonald's Europe is now run by the Dutch Sybesma family & Australian de Wolff family who also own in excess of 80 Stores Worldwide. Sybesma & de Wolff ATF McDonald's Europe - Plan to open 15 more stores in the next 4 years. See McDonald's Netherlands

12 France (details) June 30, 1972 Créteil 1,419 (source: McDonald's December 2016)[15] 45,708 First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. See McDonald's France.

13 El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador 20 (source: 2018) 490,538 Left in 1980 during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned after the war in 1992.

14 Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 197 (source: 2018) 44,546 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden

17 United Kingdom England: 13 November 1974[16]

Wales: 3 December 1984

Scotland: 23 November 1987[17]

Northern Ireland: 12 October 1991 Woolwich, London (England)

Cardiff (Wales)

Dundee (Scotland)

Belfast (Northern Ireland) 1,274 (source: McDonald's December 2016)[15] 51,106 Includes Isle of Man and Jersey (1 each)

England: 1,038

Scotland: 95

Wales: 62

Northern Ireland: 26

See McDonald's UK

19 Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau 3 (source: Dec. 2012) 131,000 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean.

21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva 167 (source: 2018) 51,858 see McDonald's Switzerland

22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 89 (source: McDonald's 2013) 53,505 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland

23 Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 193 (source: 2018) 45,246 see McDonald's Austria

24 Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels 74 (source: McDonald's 2015) 152,027 A division of Sybesma & de Wolff (Master Franchisees McDonald's Europe), with most stores being owned by S&DW. See McDonald's Belgium

28 Denmark April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 89 (source: 2018) 64,595 See McDonald's Denmark

30 Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[26] 271 (source: 2018) 100,417 Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia

31 Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 73 (source: Jun. 2017) 72,150 see McDonald's Norway

32 Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei 413 (source: 2015) 56,949 All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan

35 Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok 240 (source: 2017) 283,162 see McDonald's Thailand

38 Venezuela August 31, 1985 Caracas 133 (source: 2018 website) 226,964 see McDonald's Venezuela

41 Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay 1 (source: Dec. 2012) 11,239,000 Guantanamo Bay; open only to military personnel.

43 Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 222 (source: Jun. 2018) 207,736 see McDonald's Argentina.

45 Serbia

(part of Yugoslavia at the time) March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 30 (source: October 2016)[31] 271,461 First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia

51 Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta 170 (source: 2016) 1,550,058 See McDonald's Indonesia

52 Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais 148 (source: Sep. 2015) 69,871 See McDonald's Portugal

53 Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Sq. 24 (source: 2018) 456,458 See McDonald's Greece

54 Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo 21 (source: 2014) 163,190 See McDonald's Uruguay

57 Guadeloupe April 8, 1992 8 (source: 2016) 50,250 See McDonald's French Antilles

59 Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 2 19,000

60 Brunei December 12, 1992 Bandar Seri Begawan 3 (source: 2018) 208,500

61 Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca 45 (source: January 2019)[37] 846,200 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

62 Northern Marianas March 18, 1993 Saipan 2 (source:August 2011) 26,500 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997

64 Slovenia December 2, 1993 In Čopova Street, Ljubljana 20 (source: 2016) 103,300 See McDonald's Slovenia

67 New Caledonia July 26, 1994 Nouméa 2 (source: 2012) 134,500

68 Oman July 30, 1994 Salalah 23 (source: 2018) 304,866 See McDonald's Oman

69 Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo 104 (source: 2018) 1,260,621 See McDonald's Egypt

70 Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv 42 (source: 2011) 169,095 See [3]

71 Bahrain December 15, 1994 Muharraq City 23 (source: 2018) 68,900 See McDonald's Bahrain

72 Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga 12 (source: 2018)[38] 162,750 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia

75 Romania June 16, 1995 Bucharest 70 (source: 2017) 280,543 See McDonald's Romania

76 Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta 10 (source: McDonald's 2016, 9 in Malta, 1 in Gozo) 44,500 See McDonald's Malta

80 Qatar December 13, 1995 Doha 42 (source: 2018) 107,040 See McDonald's Qatar

81 Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 11 (source: 2018) 1,031,250 See McDonald's Honduras

82 Sint Maarten December 15, 1995 Philipsburg 3 (source: December 2013) 11,333

84 Samoa

(named Western Samoa at the time) March 2, 1996 Apia 1 192,000

85 Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva 4 (source: 2001) 224,690 As of April 2012, Fiji was the only country in the world to still use the 2003 "i'm lovin' it" packaging, even though the other countries are using the 2008 packaging for meals and items. See McDonald's Fiji

86 Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen 1 (source: 2018) 38,111 See McDonald's Switzerland

89 Peru October 18, 1996 Lima 40 (source: 2014) 778,800 See McDonald's Peru

90 Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman 31 (source: 2018) 352,928

91 Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asuncion 19 (source: 2018) 616,636 See McDonald's Paraguay

92 Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 31 325,000 Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic

93 French Polynesia December 10, 1996 Tahiti 6 47,666

94 Belarus December 10, 1996 Minsk 15 (source: 2018) 632,786 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.

95 Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997 The Falls at West Mall 6 225,000 McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 – October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales. Re-opened at The Falls At West Mall in 2011 and has expanded to 5 other locations.[45]

96 Ukraine May 24, 1997 Kyiv 80 (source: October 2017) 545,410 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were closed in 2014. See McDonald's Ukraine

97 Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca 18 (source: 2016) 63,388 See McDonald's Cyprus

98 Jersey August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 1

99 Ecuador October 9, 1997 6 de Diciembre Avenue, Quito 27 (source: 2014) 597,925 See McDonald's Ecuador

100 Reunion December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis 4 (source: 2018) 210,904

101 Isle of Man December 15, 1997 Douglas 1

102 Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo 2 (source: 2010) 293,000

103 Moldova April 30, 1998 Chișinău 5 (source: 2018) 599,647 See McDonald's Moldova

104 Nicaragua July 11, 1998 Managua 6 (source: June 2010) 1,027,833 McDonald's outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan Civil War and re-established a presence in 1998 after an absence of two decades. During the civil war one continued operating as "Donald's".[46] See McDonald's Nicaragua

105 Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut 23 (source: 2018) 187,424

110 Gibraltar August 13, 1999 Westside 1 (source: 2018) 32,194 See McDonald's Spain

113 American Samoa September 29, 2000 Pago Pago 2 (source: 2008) 27,000

114 Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis 7 192,571

115 Iraq August 10, 2006 Baghdad 1 (source: 2006) One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal.

116 Bosnia and Herzegovina July 21, 2011[49] Sarajevo 3 (source: 2015) 882,790 After some 10 years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Bosnia on 20 July 2011. See McDonald's Bosnia and Herzegovina

118 Kazakhstan March 8, 2016 Astana 14 1,778,844 First outlet in Central Asia. See McDonald's Kazakhstan

119 Tunisia Coming Soon Tunis

120 Kenya Coming Soon Nairobi (source: 2017) Announced on December 10, 2017. McDonald's is still yet to open in Kenya.

122 Nigeria Coming Soon Lagos (source: 2019)

123 Namibia Coming Soon Windhoek (source: 2019)

124 Angola Coming Soon Luanda (source: 2019)

125 Cayman Islands Coming Soon George Town (source: 2019)

126 Myanmar Coming Soon Yangon (source: 2019)

127 Zambia Coming Soon Lusaka (source: 2019)

128 Cambodia Coming Soon Phnom Penh (source: 2019)