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.

[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.

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.

McDonald's ceased to be operational in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

However, on 15 April 1955, Ray Kroc launched the first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois,[10] featuring a ten-item menu built around a 15-cent hamburger.