Based on a comparison of 25 countries in 2011, Germany ranked the highest in number of outlets of postal service with 1,012,600 outlets followed by Spain and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 2,217 outlets, Latvia with 2,304 outlets and Iceland with 3,339 outlets.
Data for more countries are available at Postal Service (Number of Outlets) indicator page.
| Postal Service (Number of Outlets) | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Belgium | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63,552 | 57,521 | 64,098 | 62,983 | 62,139 | |||
| Bulgaria | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53,930 | 52,562 | 52,278 | |||
| Czechia | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 94,208 | 93,612 | 94,282 | 96,363 | 96,176 | |||
| Denmark | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 72,174 | 72,262 | 72,857 | 72,765 | 71,396 | |||
| Finland | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39,776 | 38,664 | 38,632 | 38,580 | 38,000 | |||
| Germany | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,087,000 | 1,077,600 | 1,067,030 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Greece | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79,436 | 75,269 | 74,415 | 74,693 | 91,447 | |||
| Hungary | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100,016 | 100,694 | 99,145 | 97,164 | 92,271 | |||
| Netherlands | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 211,325 | 210,394 | 209,246 | 215,785 | ... | ... | ||
| Poland | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 167,588 | 198,649 | 208,929 | 207,064 | 188,509 | |||
| Portugal | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 182,383 | ... | 182,167 | ||
| Romania | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,480 | 61,290 | 62,945 | 64,189 | 64,307 | ... | ||
| Slovakia | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33,498 | 29,123 | 29,748 | 30,912 | 31,838 | |||
| Spain | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 523,672 | 523,698 | 523,656 | 523,535 | 523,455 | |||
| United Kingdom | outlets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 238,336 | ... |
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