Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2017, France ranked the highest in number of branches with 37,209 branches followed by Russia and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Djibouti with 6.00 branches, Mauritania with 9.00 branches and Zimbabwe with 15.0 branches.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Banking Units (Branches) indicator page.
Number of Banking Units (Branches) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Australia | branches | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,715 | 6,827 | 6,413 | 6,359 | 6,218 | ... | ||||||||
Austria | branches | 4,431 | 4,460 | 4,352 | 4,247 | 4,094 | ||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | branches | ... | ... | 18,068 | 17,977 | 14,674 | 14,730 | 15,358 | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | branches | 3,881 | 3,819 | 3,738 | 3,607 | 3,508 | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | branches | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,777 | 3,833 | 3,770 | 3,720 | 3,684 | |||||||||
France | branches | 38,433 | 38,359 | 37,862 | 37,623 | 37,567 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | branches | 37,675 | 36,239 | 36,155 | 35,284 | 34,001 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | branches | 3,449 | 3,330 | 3,247 | 3,112 | 2,812 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | branches | 33,561 | 32,872 | 31,759 | 30,723 | 30,258 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | branches | 14,592 | 15,170 | 15,479 | 14,117 | 14,307 | ||||||||||||||||
Portugal | branches | 6,501 | 6,259 | 5,987 | 5,938 | 5,453 | ||||||||||||||||
Romania | branches | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,046 | 5,723 | 5,492 | 5,304 | 4,947 | ||||||||||
Russia | branches | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43,752 | 42,640 | 43,230 | 41,598 | 36,994 | |||||||||
Spain | branches | 40,103 | 38,142 | 33,713 | 31,999 | 31,087 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | branches | 9,834 | 10,234 | 11,021 | 11,223 | 11,193 |