Japan ranks number 2 in list of countries with Mcdonalds

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Japan ranks number 2 in list of countries with Mcdonalds

#1 Post by Pockets » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:30 pm

With all of jml98's posts about his Tokyo visit and his visit to a McDonalds restaurant over there, I came across these numbers while searching for information regarding the average weight of Muscovites. This surprised me very much. And if you are ever worried about having to eat strange food in foreign lands, don't worry, there is always a McDonalds close at hand. ;)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_m ... estaurants
Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom)

#1 United States: 12,804 McDonald's restaurants
#2 Japan: 3,598 McDonald's restaurants
#3 Canada: 1,154 McDonald's restaurants
#4 United Kingdom: 1,115 McDonald's restaurants
#5 Germany: 1,091 McDonald's restaurants
#6 France: 857 McDonald's restaurants
#7 Australia: 701 McDonald's restaurants
#8 Taiwan: 338 McDonald's restaurants
#9 China: 326 McDonald's restaurants
#10 Italy: 290 McDonald's restaurants
#11 Spain: 276 McDonald's restaurants
#12 Korea, South: 243 McDonald's restaurants
#13 Philippines: 235 McDonald's restaurants
#14 Sweden: 227 McDonald's restaurants
#15 Netherlands: 205 McDonald's restaurants
#16 Mexico: 205 McDonald's restaurants
#17 Poland: 181 McDonald's restaurants
#18 Hong Kong: 177 McDonald's restaurants
#19 New Zealand: 149 McDonald's restaurants
#20 Austria: 148 McDonald's restaurants
#21 Malaysia: 139 McDonald's restaurants
#22 Turkey: 133 McDonald's restaurants
#23 Singapore: 121 McDonald's restaurants
#24 Switzerland: 119 McDonald's restaurants
#25 Denmark: 99 McDonald's restaurants
#26 Finland: 93 McDonald's restaurants
#27 Portugal: 91 McDonald's restaurants
#28 Thailand: 88 McDonald's restaurants
#29 Hungary: 76 McDonald's restaurants
#30 Indonesia: 75 McDonald's restaurants
#31 Belgium: 64 McDonald's restaurants
#32 Ireland: 62 McDonald's restaurants
#33 Czech Republic: 60 McDonald's restaurants
#34 Norway: 55 McDonald's restaurants
#35 Greece: 48 McDonald's restaurants
#36 Slovakia: 10 McDonald's restaurants
#37 Luxembourg: 6 McDonald's restaurants
#38 Iceland: 3 McDonald's restaurants
#39 Brunei: 1 McDonald's restaurants

Total: 25,663 McDonald's restaurants worldwide
Weighted average: 658.0 McDonald's restaurants
However... they drop to number 5 on this list.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_m ... per-capita
Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom)

#1 United States: 0.433 per 10,000 population
#2 New Zealand: 0.369 per 10,000 population
#3 Canada: 0.352 per 10,000 population
#4 Australia: 0.349 per 10,000 population
#5 Japan: 0.282 per 10,000 population
#6 Singapore: 0.273 per 10,000 population
#7 Hong Kong: 0.257 per 10,000 population
#8 Sweden: 0.252 per 10,000 population
#9 United Kingdom: 0.184 per 10,000 population
#10 Denmark: 0.182 per 10,000 population
#11 Austria: 0.181 per 10,000 population
#12 Finland: 0.178 per 10,000 population
#13 Switzerland: 0.159 per 10,000 population
#14 Ireland: 0.154 per 10,000 population
#15 Taiwan: 0.148 per 10,000 population
#16 France: 0.141 per 10,000 population
#17 Germany: 0.132 per 10,000 population
#18 Luxembourg: 0.128 per 10,000 population
#19 Netherlands: 0.125 per 10,000 population
#20 Norway: 0.12 per 10,000 population
#21 Iceland: 0.101 per 10,000 population
#22 Portugal: 0.086 per 10,000 population
#23 Hungary: 0.076 per 10,000 population
#24 Spain: 0.068 per 10,000 population
#25 Belgium: 0.062 per 10,000 population
#26 Czech Republic: 0.059 per 10,000 population
#27 Malaysia: 0.058 per 10,000 population
#28 Italy: 0.05 per 10,000 population
#29 Korea, South: 0.05 per 10,000 population
#30 Poland: 0.047 per 10,000 population
#31 Greece: 0.045 per 10,000 population
#32 Philippines: 0.027 per 10,000 population
#33 Brunei: 0.027 per 10,000 population
#34 Turkey: 0.019 per 10,000 population
#35 Mexico: 0.019 per 10,000 population
#36 Slovakia: 0.018 per 10,000 population
#37 Thailand: 0.014 per 10,000 population
#38 Indonesia: 0.003 per 10,000 population
#39 China: 0.002 per 10,000 population

Total: 5.23 per 10,000 population
Weighted average: 0.1 per 10,000 population

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