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... .	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... .	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... .
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... .
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... .
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,... .
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... .	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... .
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... .	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... .
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... .
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... .
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.... .
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... .
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...
  
  

External links

• McDonalds countries
• Another chronology of openings
• Alternate chronology