Countries with current and former McDonald's locations
This is a list of countries with McDonald's restaurants . McDonald's is the largest chain of fast-food restaurants in the world,[ 1] [failed verification ] [ 2] with more than 40,000 outlets worldwide.[ 3] The majority of McDonald's outlets outside of the United States are franchises.[citation needed ]
The biggest temporary McDonald's restaurant in the world was opened during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , which was 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) by area.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] 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),[ 8] and the southernmost in the world is located in Invercargill , New Zealand.[ 9]
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.
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^ " 'Until we meet again,' McDonald's tells Russia as it exits the country for good" . dailyo.in . Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-11 .
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