1. (1940) United States  

2. (1967) Canada - 1 June  

3. (1967) Puerto Rico - 10 November  

4. (1970) United States Virgin Islands - 4 September  

5. (1970) Costa Rica - 28 December  

6. (1971) Guam 10 June  

7. (1971) Japan - 20 July - with the opening of an outlet in Tokyo the company established a presence in Asia for the first time.  

8. (1971) Netherlands – 21 August  

9. (1971) Panama – 1 September  

10. (1971) West Germany – 22 November  

11. (1971) Australia – 30 May - with the opening of an outlet in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona the company established a presence on the third new continent in the span of six months.  

12. (1972) France – 30 June – including the possessions of Martinique 16 December 1991, Guadeloupe 8 April 1992, Réunion 14 December 1997, French Guiana 22 February 2000.  

13. (1972) El Salvador - 20 July  

14. (1973) Sweden – 27 October  

15. (1974) Guatemala – 6 June  

16. (1974) Netherlands Antilles 16 August - Aruba (then part of the Netherlands Antilles) 4 April 1985, Sint Maarten 15 December 1995  

17. (1974) United Kingdom – 1 October - England 1 October 1974, (Powis Street, Woolwich, London) Wales 3 December 1984, Scotland 23 November 1987, (Reform Street, Dundee) Northern Ireland 14 October 1991,  

18. (1975) Hong Kong - 8 January at Paterson Street  

19. (1975) Nicaragua - McDonald’s outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence on 11 July 1998 after an absence of two decades.  

20. (1975) The Bahamas – 4 August  

21. (1976) New Zealand – 7 June  

22. (1976) Switzerland - 20 October  

23. (1977) Ireland – 9 May (Grafton Street, Dublin)  

24. (1977) Austria – 21 July  

25. (1978) Belgium 21 March  

26. (1979) Brazil – 13 February - with the opening of an outlet in Rio de Janeiro the company established a presence on the continent of South America for the first time.  

27. (1979) Singapore – 20 October at Liat Towers, Orchard Road.  

28. (1981) Spain - 10 March  

29. (1981) Denmark - 15 April  

30. (1981) Philippines – 27 September  

31. (1982) Malaysia – 29 April - with the opening of an outlet in Kuala Lumpur.  

32. (1983) Norway – 18 November  

33. (1984) Taiwan (Republic of China) – 28 January  

34. (1984) Andorra – 29 June  

35. (1984) Finland – 14 December  

36. (1985) Thailand – 23 February  

37. (1985) Luxembourg – 17 July  

38. (1985) Venezuela – 31 August  

39. (1985) Italy - 15 October  

40. (1985) Mexico – 29 October  

41. (1986) Cuba - 24 April - available only in Guantanamo Bay and inaccessible to Cubans.  

42. (1986) Turkey – 24 October  

43. (1986) Argentina – 24 November  

44. (1987) Macau - 11 April  

45. (1988) Serbia – 24 March - the first outlet opened in Belgrade  

46. (1988) South Korea – 29 March  

47. (1988) Hungary – 30 April  

48. (1990) Kazakstan - 1 May [citation needed]  

49. (1990) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 31 January - (in Russian SFSR, now Russia)  

50. (1990) People's Republic of China - 8 October - in Shenzhen [1]  

51. (1990) Chile – 19 November  

52. (1991) Indonesia – 23 February  

53. (1991) Portugal - 23 May  

54. (1991) Greece - 12 November  

55. (1991) Uruguay - 18 November  

56. (1992) Czechoslovakia - 20 March (in what is now the Czech Republic)  

57. (1992) Poland - 17 June  

58. (1992) Monaco - 20 November  

59. (1992) Brunei - 12 December  

60. (1992) Morocco – 18 December - with the opening of an outlet in Casablanca the company had expanded into Africa and had a presence on all continents except Antarctica.  

61. (1993) Northern Mariana Islands 18 March  

62. (1993) Iceland - 3 September  

63. (1993) Israel - 14 October[2][3]  

64. (1993) Slovenia – 2 December  

65. (1993) Saudi Arabia – 8 December  

66. (1994) Kuwait – 15 June  

67. (1994) New Caledonia - 26 July  

68. (1994) Oman – 30 July  

69. (1994) Egypt – 20 October  

70. (1994) Bulgaria – 10 December  

71. (1994) Bahrain – 15 December  

72. (1994) Latvia – 15 December  

73. (1994) United Arab Emirates – 21 December  

74. (1995) Estonia – 29 April  

75. (1995) Romania – 16 June  

76. (1995) Malta - 7 July  

77. (1995) Colombia – 14 July  

78. (1995) Slovakia – 13 October  

79. (1995) South Africa – 11 November  

80. (1995) Qatar – 13 December  

81. (1995) Honduras – 14 December  

82. (1996) Croatia – 2 February  

83. (1996) Samoa – 2 March  

84. (1996) Fiji – 1 May  

85. (1996) Liechtenstein – 3 May  

86. (1996) Lithuania - 31 May  

87. (1996) India – 13 October  

88. (1996) Peru – 18 October  

89. (1996) Jordan – 7 November  

90. (1996) Paraguay – 21 November  

91. (1996) Dominican Republic - 30 November  

92. (1996) Belarus - 10 December; the company claimed this as McDonald's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories  

93. (1996) French Polynesia - 10 December - in Tahiti  

94. (1997) Ukraine - 28 May  

95. (1997) Cyprus - 12 June  

96. (1997) Macedonia - 6 September  

97. (1997) Ecuador - 9 October  

98. (1997) Isle of Man - 15 December  

99. (1997) Suriname - 18 December  

100. (1998) Moldova - 30 April  

101. (1998) Lebanon – 18 September  

102. (1998) Pakistan – 19 September  

103. (1998) Sri Lanka – 16 October  

104. (1999) Georgia - 5 February  

105. (1999) San Marino – 6 July  

106. (1999) Gibraltar - 13 August  

107. (1999) Azerbaijan - 6 November  

108. (2000) American Samoa - 29 September  

109. (2001) Mauritius - 4 July  

110. (2004) Montenegro - June - the first outlet opened in Budva