IT is hard to go anywhere without seeing a McDonald's - but how many are there really?

       Here we explain how the numbers, which country has the most, and where to go if you want to avoid one.

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       There are tens of thousands of McDonald's restaurants across the globe Credit: Alamy How many McDonalds restaurants are there in the world?

       There are a total of 39,198 McDonald's outlets in more than 100 countries and territories around the world.

       This number has increased year-on-year for the last 16 years.

       How many new restaurants are opened each year?

       Figures for how many new restaurants open each year vary, but they are have one thing in common - it's a lot!

       Some reports suggest one new outlet opens its doors every five hours, while others claim it is more like 15 hours.

       However frequent it is, it seems Maccies opens more than 1,000 restaurants annually.

       According to its website, McDonald's hopes to open 300 new restaurants over the next 10 years, creating 20,000 job opportunities.

       And if you've ever fancied opening your own McDonald's, the company is always looking for people to launch new sites.

       According to McDonald's, opening one could lead to mouth-watering returns of between ￡1.5m and ￡4.3m a year.

       But you will need about 25 per cent of unencumbered funds, or roughly ￡100,000, with the remaining 75 per cent funded by a bank.

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       Which country has the most McDonalds?

       There are more McDonald's restaurants in the United States than any other country in the world.

       In 2019, the latest data available, there were 13,837 outlets across the 50 states.

       Orlando, Florida, has the highest number of American stores, with almost 21 per 100,000 residents, according to Statista.

       After the US is Canada, with 1,478 McDonald's restaurants in 2019.

       What countries have no McDonalds?

       They may seem to be everywhere, but there are a large number of countries which don't have a single McDonald's.

       This includes European countries such as Iceland and North Macedonia - though both have previously been home to several.

       Other destinations not to house the golden arches are Barbados, Nigeria, Laos, Iran, Ghana, Bolivia and the Maldives.

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