This is a list of countries with McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast-food restaurants in the world, with more than 40,000 outlets worldwide. 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 the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was 3000 m2 by area. The biggest still standing is the World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's. The northernmost McDonald's restaurant in the world is located in Tromsø, Norway (previously held by Rovaniemi, Finland after the restaurant in Murmansk, Russia, was closed in 2022), and the southernmost in the world is located in Invercargill, New Zealand. The list of countries follows the company's own calculation and contains several non-sovereign territories. Today or as of 2024, there are over 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, over 5,900 in mainland China, almost 3,000 in Japan, over 1,500 in France, over 1,400 in Canada, over 1,400 in the United Kingdom, almost 1,400 in Germany, over 1,100 in Brazil, over 1,000 in Australia, over 740 in the Philippines and over 700 in Italy. McDonald's ceased to be operational in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

History

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald. However, on 15 April 1955, Ray Kroc launched the first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois, featuring a ten-item menu built around a 15-cent hamburger. Since that time, McDonald's has operated more than 40,000 restaurants worldwide, which has increased over 16 years.

Countries and territories with at least one McDonald's outlet

Former locations