Based on a comparison of 29 countries in 2015, Germany ranked the highest in workforce of postal service with 148,669 persons followed by United Kingdom and Poland. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1,027 persons, Luxembourg with 1,385 persons and Cyprus with 1,702 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Postal Service (Total Workforce) indicator page.
| Postal Service (Total Workforce) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21,598 | 24,969 | ... | ... | 20,145 | ... | ... | |||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29,324 | 32,110 | 29,922 | 28,747 | |||||||
| Czechia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,431 | 27,939 | 27,503 | ... | 62,678 | |||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,000 | 19,300 | 17,900 | 18,610 | 18,610 | |||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 177,000 | 171,000 | 171,000 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Hungary | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31,987 | 30,607 | 30,526 | 31,610 | 25,787 | |||||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55,176 | 54,340 | 56,348 | ... | 59,280 | |||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,388 | 19,022 | ||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 80,977 | 77,735 | 75,678 | 91,373 | 83,468 | |||||||
| Romania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36,525 | 36,494 | 34,353 | 32,887 | 27,451 | |||||||
| Serbia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,068 | 15,155 | ||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64,037 | 61,819 | 59,263 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29,242 | 27,051 | 21,774 | 23,912 | 23,721 | |||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52,378 | 51,779 | ||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 175,559 | 167,955 | ... | 149,710 | 149,172 |
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