Number of postal offices worldwide by region and type 2020

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Martin Placek,
Oct 7, 2022
In 2020, Asia-Pacific region had over 68,700 outsourced and close to 223,900 owner-operated postal offices, making it by far the region with the most postal offices. Despite its size and population of over one billion, Africa had the fewest postal offices with just over 4,700 outsourced and close to 7,900 owner-operated.

Number of postal offices worldwide in 2020, by region and type

CharacteristicOutsourced officesOffices managed by the operator
Asia-Pacific region 68,759 223,895
Europe and CIS 9,323 93,076
Industrialized countries 80,264 82,427
Middle East 5,984 13,585
Latin America and Caribbean 16,241 12,211
Africa 4,756 7,891
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of postal officesOutsourced officesOffices managed by the operatorAsia-Pacific regionEurope and CISIndustrialized countriesMiddle EastLatin America and CaribbeanAfrica
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December 2021

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2020

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* CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
** Middle East is defined by the source as the 'Arab region".

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