# List of postal entities

This is a list of postal entities by country. It includes:
* The governmental authority responsible for postal matters.
* The regulatory authority for the postal sector. Postal regulation may include the establishment of postal policies, postal rates, postal services offered, budgeting for and financing postal operations. Where no independent postal regulator has been established, these tasks may be undertaken by the government or the operator(s). They may be carried out by a single entity or spread out amongst multiple government, quasi-government or private entities.
* The designated postal operator of that country (normally the public postal service). Notable postal operators other than the designated operator, if any, may also be listed. Postal operations involve the execution of domestic and international postal services to include the receipt, transportation and delivery of authorized classes of mail, specialized mailing services, the operation of postal facilities and the sale of postage, philatelic materials and mailing supplies.

## List
### UPU members

The following list uses the structure and terminology of the document Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries. This document, published in 2009 by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), contains data for 162 of the 191 countries and territories that were then UPU members. For these countries, which are marked below, the list's contents are based on that document.
Since this document was published, the UPU has had two changes of membership:
* On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles, which shared a UPU membership with Aruba, was dissolved. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, collectively known as the Caribbean Netherlands, became an integral part of the Netherlands. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This UPU entity, formerly "Netherlands Antilles and Aruba", is now known as "Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten".
* South Sudan joined the UPU on 4 October 2011.
| Country | Governmental authority | Regulatory authority | Designated operator |
| Afghanistan | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | Afghanistan Postal Service |
| Albania | | | Posta Shqiptare |
| Algeria | Ministère de la Poste et des TIC | | Algérie Poste |
| Angola | Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies | Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM) | Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | Antigua Post Office |
| Argentina | Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (MinPlan) | Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan | Correo Oficial de la República Argentina (CORASA) |
| Armenia | Ministry of Transport and Communication, State Estate Managing Department | Public Services Regulatory Commission | "Haypost" CJSC |
| Aruba | | | Post Aruba |
| Australia | Department of Communications | Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Postal Services Consultative Council | Australia Post |
| Austria | Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | RTR GmbH | Österreichische Post |
| Azerbaijan | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | None | "Azərpoçt" State Enterprise |
| Bahamas | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | None | Bahamas Postal Service |
| Bahrain | Ministry of Transport | None | Bahrain Post |
| Bangladesh | Ministry of Post and Telecommunication | | Bangladesh Post Office |
| Barbados | Ministry of Home Affairs | None | Barbados Postal Service |
| Belarus | Ministry of Communications and Informatization | None | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta" |
| Belgium | Ministry of Enterprise and Simplification | Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications (IBPT) | Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste) |
| Belize | Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, Communications | | Belize Postal Service |
| Benin | Ministry of Information Technology and Communication | Transitional Regulatory Authority | "La Poste du Bénin S.A." (Benin Post) |
| Bhutan | Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) | Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) | Bhutan Postal Corporation |
| Bolivia | Ministerio de Servicios, Obras Publicas y Vivenda | None | Agencia Boliviana de Correos (ABC) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ministry of Communications and Transport | Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Postal Traffic | BH Pošta Pošte Srpske Hrvatska Pošta Mostar |
| Botswana | Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology | None | BotswanaPost |
| Brazil | Ministry of Communications | None | Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) |
| Brunei | Ministry of Communications | None | Brunei Postal Services Department |
| Bulgaria | State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications | Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) | Bulgarian Posts |
| Burkina Faso | Ministry of Posts, Information Technology and Communication | None | La Poste BF |
| Burma | | | Myanma Posts and Telecommunications |
| Burundi | Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications | None | Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority) |
| Cambodia | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) | None | Directorate of Posts (Cambodian Post) |
| Cameroon | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | None | Cameroon Postal Services (CAMPOST) |
| Canada | Public Services and Procurement Canada | None | Canada Post Corporation (CPC) |
| Cape Verde | Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport | National Communications Agency (ANAC) | Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV) |
| Central African Republic | Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies | None | National Posts and Savings Corporation (ONPE) |
| Chad | Ministry of posts and information and communication technologies | None (the regulatory function is assigned to STPE) | Chad Posts and Savings Company (STPE) |
| Chile | Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Telecommunications | None | Empresa de Correos de Chile |
| China | Ministry of Transport | State Post Bureau | China Post Group Hong Kong: Hongkong Post Macao: Correios de Macau |
| Colombia | Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications | Regulatory Commission of Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) | Servicios Postales Nacionales (4–72) |
| Comoros | | | Société Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers |
| Republic of the Congo | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Directorate General of the Central Posts and Telecommunications Administration | Congo Posts and Savings Company (SOPECO) |
| Costa Rica | None | Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) | Correos de Costa Rica |
| Croatia | Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development | Postal Services Council | HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d |
| Cuba | Ministry of Informatics and Communications | None | Empresa de Correos de Cuba |
| Curaçao | | | Cpost International |
| Cyprus | Ministry of Communications and Public Works | Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation | Department of Postal Services |
| Czech Republic | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO), Ministry of Finance | Czech Post |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ministry of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications | Autorité de régulation des postes et télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) | Congolese Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (OCPT) |
| Denmark | Ministry of Transport | Faerdselsstyrelsen (Postal Supervisory Department) | PostNord Greenland: Tusass A/S Other operators: Bring Citymail |
| Djibouti | | | Djibouti Post |
| Dominica | Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports | | General Post Office (GPO) |
| Dominican Republic | Ministry of Public Works and Communications | None | Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM; Dominican Postal Institute) |
| East Timor | Government of Timor-Leste | | Correios De Timor-Leste |
| Ecuador | Office of the Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador | Agencia Nacional Postal (National Postal Agency) | Correos del Ecuador |
| Egypt | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | National Postal Authority (Egypt Post) |
| El Salvador | Ministry of Gobernacíon | None | General Postal Directorate |
| Equatorial Guinea | | | Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (GECOTEL) |
| Eritrea | Ministry of Transport and Communication | Eritrean Communications Department | Eritrean Postal Service (EPS) |
| Estonia | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) | Estonian National Communications Board | Omniva |
| Eswatini | | | Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications |
| Ethiopia | Ministry of Transport and Communications | None | Ethiopian Postal Service |
| Fiji | | | Post Fiji |
| Finland | Ministry of Transport and Communications | Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration | Posti Group Corporation Åland: Åland Post |
| France | Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) | Electronic Communications, Postal and Print Media Distribution Regulation Authority (ARCEP) | La Poste |
| Gabon | Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunications and New Information Technologies | Postal Regulatory Agency | La Poste |
| Gambia | Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology | None | Gambia Postal Services Corporation |
| Georgia | | | Georgian Post |
| Germany | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post) | Several operators. Deutsche Post has the largest market share. |
| Ghana | Ministry of Communications | Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission | Ghana Post Company Limited |
| Greece | Ministry of Transport and Communications | EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) | Hellenic Post (ELTA S.A.) |
| Grenada | | | Grenada Postal Corporation |
| Guatemala | | | El Correo (Correo de Guatemala) |
| Guinea | Ministry of Communication and New Information Technologies (MCNTI) | Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) | Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Post Office) |
| Guinea-Bissau | | | Correios da Guiné-Bissau |
| Guyana | | | Guyana Post Office Corporation |
| Haiti | | | Office des Postes d'Haiti |
| Honduras | | | Honducor |
| Hungary | | | Magyar Posta |
| Iceland | Ministry of the Interior | Post and Telecom Administration | Íslandspóstur |
| India | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Department of Posts | India Post |
| Indonesia | Ministry of Communication and Information Technology | | Pos Indonesia |
| Iran | | | IRI Post |
| Iraq | | | Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company |
| Ireland | Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport | Commission for Communications Regulation | An Post |
| Israel | | | Israel Post |
| Italy | Ministry of Economic Development | Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale | Poste Italiane |
| Ivory Coast | Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications | None | La Poste |
| Jamaica | | | Postal Corporation of Jamaica |
| Japan | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | Postal Services Policy Department (Subdivision of Information and Communications Bureau) | Japan Post Holdings |
| Jordan | | | Jordan Post Company |
| Kazakhstan | Ministry of Investment and Development | Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Information | Kazpost |
| Kenya | Ministry of Information and Communications Technology | Communications Authority of Kenya | Postal Corporation of Kenya |
| Kiribati | | | Kiribati Public Service Public |
| Kuwait | | | Ministry of Communications (Kuwait) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | State Communication Agency | Kyrgyz Express Post "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE |
| Laos | | | |
| Latvia | | | Latvijas Pasts |
| Lebanon | | | LibanPost |
| Lesotho | | | Lesotho Post |
| Liberia | | | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Liberia) |
| Libya | | | General Posts and Telecommunications Company |
| Liechtenstein | | | Liechtensteinische Post |
| Lithuania | | | Lietuvos paštas |
| Luxembourg | | | Post Luxembourg |
| Madagascar | | | Paositra Malagasy |
| Malawi | | | Malawi Posts Corporation |
| Malaysia | Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia | Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission | Pos Malaysia |
| Maldives | | | Maldives Post |
| Mali | | | Office national des postes du Mali |
| Malta | Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications | Malta Communications Authority | MaltaPost |
| Mauritania | | | La Société Mauritanienne des Postes |
| Mauritius | | | Mauritius Post |
| Mexico | Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes | | Correos de México |
| Moldova | Ministry of Information Development | | Poșta Moldovei |
| Monaco | | | La Poste Monaco |
| Mongolia | | | Mongol Post |
| Montenegro | | | Pošta Crne Gore |
| Morocco | | | Poste Maroc |
| Mozambique | | | Correios de Moçambique |
| Namibia | | | NamPost |
| Nauru | Nauru General Post Office - Department of Chief Secretary | | |
| Nepal | | | Nepal Post |
| Netherlands | Ministry of Economic Affairs | OPTA/Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) | PostNL |
| Caribbean Netherlands | | | FXDC Post |
| New Zealand | | | NZ Post |
| Nicaragua | | | Correos de Nicaragua |
| Niger | | | Niger Poste |
| Nigeria | | | Nigerian Postal Service |
| North Korea | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | | Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC) |
| North Macedonia | | | North Macedonia Post |
| Norway | Ministry of Transport | Norwegian Communications Authority | Posten Bring (temporary concession) |
| Oman | | | Oman Post |
| Pakistan | | | Pakistan Post |
| Panama | | | Correos Panamá |
| Papua New Guinea | | | Post PNG |
| Paraguay | | | Correo Nacional Paraguayo |
| Peru | | | Serpost |
| Philippines | | | Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) |
| Poland | Ministry of State Assets (Poland) (pol. Ministerstwo Aktywów Państwowych) Departament Nadzoru I | Office of Electronic Communications | Poczta Polska |
| Portugal | | ANACOM | CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. |
| Qatar | | | Qatar Post |
| Romania | Ministry of Communications and Information Society | National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Authoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în Comunicatii) - ANCOM | Poșta Română |
| Russia | Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation | | Russian Post |
| Rwanda | | | National Post Office |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services |
| Saint Lucia | | | Saint Lucia Postal Service |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | SVG Postal Corporation |
| Samoa | | | Samoa Post |
| San Marino | | | Poste sammarinesi |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe |
| Saudi Arabia | | | Saudi Post |
| Senegal | | | La Poste Senegal |
| Serbia | Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications | Republic agency for Postal Services (RAPUS) | Pošta Srbije |
| Seychelles | | | Seychelles Postal Service |
| Sierra Leone | | | SALPOST |
| Singapore | Ministry of Communications and Information | Infocomm Media Development Authority | Singapore Post |
| Sint Maarten | | | Postal Services St. Maarten |
| Slovakia | | | Slovenská pošta |
| Slovenia | | | Pošta Slovenije |
| Solomon Islands | | | Solomon Post |
| Somalia | Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications | | Somali Postal Service |
| South Africa | | | South African Post Office |
| South Korea | Ministry of Science and ICT | | Korea Post |
| South Sudan | Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services | | |
| Spain | | Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales | Correos |
| Sri Lanka | Ministry of Posts, Postal Services & Muslim Religious Affairs | Department of Post | Sri Lanka Post |
| Sudan | | | |
| Suriname | | | Surpost |
| Sweden | Ministry of Enterprise | Swedish Post and Telecom Authority | PostNord Sverige Other operators: Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014 |
| Switzerland | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications (DETEC) | Federal Postal Services Commission | Swiss Post |
| Syria | Ministry of Transport | | Syrian Post |
| Tajikistan | | | Tajik Post (Почтаи тоҷик) |
| Tanzania | | Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority | Tanzania Posts Corporation |
| Thailand | Ministry of Digital Economy and Society | None | Thailand Post |
| Togo | | | La Poste du Togo |
| Tonga | | | Tonga Post |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | TTPost |
| Tunisia | | | La Poste Tunisienne |
| Turkey | Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure | | PTT |
| Turkmenistan | | | Turkmenpochta |
| Tuvalu | | | |
| Uganda | | Uganda Communications Commission | Posta Uganda |
| Ukraine | | | Ukrposhta |
| United Arab Emirates | | | Emirates Post |
| United Kingdom | Department for Business and Trade | Ofcom British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have separate operators and regulatory arrangements. | Royal Mail Other operators:British Forces Post Office 55 other licensed operators as of 2011 |
| British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies | | | Anguilla Post Office Bermuda Post Office BIOT Post Office, (outbound; inbound is United States Postal Service and British Forces Post Office) British Antarctic Territory Government via Falkland Islands or British Forces BVI Post Cayman Islands Postal Service Falklands Post Service Limited Guernsey Post Isle of Man Post Office Jersey Post Montserrat General Post Office Pitcairn Post Office Royal Gibraltar Post Office Turks and Caicos Post Office Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Ascension Post Office Saint Helena Post Office Tristan da Cunha Post Office South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Ministry of Post (transported via Falkland Islands or British Forces) Cyprus Postal Services handles civilian mail for Akrotiri and Dhekelia. British Forces Post Office provides military mail service for UK service members internationally, including to Akrotiri and Dhekelia and other jurisdictions listed above which also have public civilian delivery. |
| United States | United States Postal Service | Postal Regulatory Commission | United States Postal Service |
| Uruguay | | Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones | Correo Uruguayo |
| Uzbekistan | | | O‘zbekiston Pochtasi |
| Vanuatu | | | Vanuatu Post |
| Vatican City | | | Poste Vaticane |
| Venezuela | | | IPOSTEL |
| Vietnam | | | VNPT |
| Yemen | | | Yemen Post |
| Zambia | | | ZamPost |
| Zimbabwe | | | ZimPost |

#### Notes

* 1 2 3 now called Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
* 1 2 3 4 5 Presumably the country's principal or only postal operator; not listed as designated postal operator on the UPU website.
* ↑ Islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
* ↑ including the Ross Dependency
* ↑ including Niuafo'ou
* ↑ The United States Postal Service is a government-owned corporation; its board members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

### Countries or territories that are not members of the UPU

| Country or territory | Governmental authority | Regulatory authority | Operator(s) |
| Kosovo | Post and Telecom of Kosovo | | Posta e Kosovës |
| Palestinian territories | West Bank (PNA): Palestinian Ministry of Telecom & IT Gaza Strip (Hamas): Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology | | West Bank: Palestine Post |
| Taiwan | Ministry of Transportation and Communications | None | Chunghwa Post |