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Countries With the Most McDonald's Quiz

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  1. United States 13,706 restaurants
    The first McDonald's, opened in San Bernardino in 1940, was called McDonald's Famous Barbecue.
  2. China 7,740 restaurants
    In 2017 McDonald's China changed its company name to Jingongmen, meaning 'Golden Arches'.
  3. Japan 3,025 restaurants
    Japan's first McDonald's opened in 1971 inside the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza.
  4. France 1,630 restaurants
    The French nickname for McDonald's is McDo; the first French one opened in Creteil in 1972.
  5. Canada 1,520 restaurants
    Canada got the first McDonald's outside the US, in Richmond, British Columbia, in 1967.
  6. United Kingdom 1,507 restaurants
    Britain's first McDonald's opened in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1974.
  7. Germany 1,382 restaurants
    Germans nickname it Mäkkes; the first German McDonald's opened in Munich in 1971.
  8. Brazil 1,230 restaurants
    Brazilians call it Méqui; the first Brazilian branch opened in Rio's Copacabana in 1979.
  9. Australia 1,092 restaurants
    Australians call it Maccas; the first Australian branch opened in Yagoona, Sydney, in 1971.
  10. Philippines 851 restaurants
    It is one of the few markets where McDonald's trails a local chain: Jollibee.
  11. Italy 805 restaurants
    The Slow Food movement began in 1986 as a protest against a McDonald's near Rome's Spanish Steps.
  12. India 757 restaurants
    Indian McDonald's sell no beef; the chicken Maharaja Mac stands in for the Big Mac.
  13. Spain 665 restaurants
    Spain's first McDonald's opened on Madrid's Gran Via in 1981.
  14. Poland 618 restaurants
    Poland's first McDonald's opened in 1992 in Warsaw's Sezam department store.
  15. Saudi Arabia 458 restaurants
    Its first McDonald's opened in Riyadh in 1993, the first on the Arabian Peninsula.
  16. Taiwan 430 restaurants
    Taiwan's first McDonald's opened on Minsheng East Road in Taipei in 1984.
  17. South Africa 407 restaurants
    In 1996 McDonald's won a court fight against a local firm that had registered its name there.
  18. South Korea 401 restaurants
    South Korea's first McDonald's opened in Seoul in March 1988, months before the Seoul Olympics.
  19. Mexico 380 restaurants
    Mexico's first McDonald's opened in 1985 in Mexico City's El Pedregal area.
  20. Malaysia 372 restaurants
    In 2009 McDonald's lost a court case trying to stop a Malaysian restaurant calling itself McCurry.
  21. Indonesia 314 restaurants
    Indonesia's first McDonald's opened in Jakarta's Sarinah building in 1991.
  22. Turkey 306 restaurants
    Turkey's first McDonald's opened in Istanbul in 1986, on the European side of the city.
  23. Netherlands 266 restaurants
    Europe's first McDonald's opened in Zaandam, Netherlands, in 1971.
  24. Hong Kong 266 restaurants
    Hong Kong got McDonald's in 1975, 15 years before mainland China did.
  25. Thailand 242 restaurants
    Ronald McDonald statues outside Thai branches greet diners with a wai, the Thai bow.
  26. Israel 235 restaurants
    The world's first kosher McDonald's opened in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, in 1995.
  27. Argentina 231 restaurants
    Argentina's first McDonald's opened in Buenos Aires' Belgrano district in 1986.
  28. United Arab Emirates 222 restaurants
    The UAE's first McDonald's opened in Dubai in December 1994.
  29. Portugal 220 restaurants
    A McDonald's in Porto fills the 1930s Cafe Imperial, keeping its chandeliers and stained glass.
  30. Austria 212 restaurants
    Austria's first McDonald's opened on Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz in 1977.

Source: McDonald's Corporation: Restaurants by Market 2025 (systemwide restaurants at year-end) · as of 2025-12

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