List of members of the Universal Postal Union

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{{Legend|#00FF00|Member states both through their sovereign state and as individual members}}

{{Legend|#0080FF|Non-member states represented by a member state}}]]

The 192 members of the Universal Postal Union are listed below in alphabetical order, with the date of membership.{{cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.html|title=Member countries|publisher=Universal Postal Union|access-date=2013-02-16}} Members are the Vatican City and the 193 UN members except Andorra, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. The newest member is South Sudan, which joined on 4 October 2011.

Before 10 July 1964, states became members of the UPU by ratifying the latest version of the Treaty of Bern. After this date, states become members by ratifying the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, which incorporated the Treaty of Bern and added provisions to it. Three states which were party to the Treaty of Bern in 1964, and hence members of the UPU, and which have signed but never ratified the Constitution are the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Sudan.{{cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/uploads/tx_sbdownloader/actMemberCountriesLegalSituationEn.pdf|title=List of member countries of the Universal Postal Union|date=2014-07-31|access-date=2014-10-14|publisher=Universal Postal Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605045236/http://www.upu.int/uploads/tx_sbdownloader/actMemberCountriesLegalSituationEn.pdf|archive-date=2015-06-05|url-status=dead}} These states are deemed to have "tacitly ratified" the agreement due to their continued participation in the UPU. Also included as members are two "joint memberships" for dependent territories (one for the British overseas territories and one for the Caribbean constituent countries ({{langx|nl|landen}}) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten), originally as Netherlands Antilles). Dependent territories are not permitted to ratify the UPU Constitution, but because the Treaty of Bern allowed for dependencies to join the UPU,{{cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/uploads/tx_sbdownloader/actInFourVolumesConstitutionManualEn.pdf|title=Constitution General Regulations|year=2010|publisher=Universal Postal Union|pages=XII|access-date=2014-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605015429/http://www.upu.int/uploads/tx_sbdownloader/actInFourVolumesConstitutionManualEn.pdf|archive-date=2015-06-05|url-status=dead}} listing these members separately as "Colonies, Protectorates, etc.",{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/other/dfat/treaties/ATS/1954/14.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=%22Universal%20postal%20union%22|title=Universal Postal Convention|date=1952-07-11|access-date=2012-08-11|publisher=Universal Postal Union}} the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union grandfathered them when membership was restricted to sovereign states.{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/other/dfat/treaties/ATS/1966/2.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=%22Universal%20postal%20union%22|title=Constitution of the Universal Postal Union|date=1964-07-10|access-date=2012-08-11|publisher=Universal Postal Union}} However, neither the British nor the Dutch entities ratified the Treaty of Bern separate from the ratifications of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, respectively.

By virtue of article 23 of the UPU Constitution, other dependencies of UPU member states are covered by its membership. Territories covered by a sovereign member state are listed under that country.

A

{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}} – 1 April 1928
{{ALB}} – 1 March 1922{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Principality of Albania}}.|group="Note"}}
{{DZA}} – 1 October 1907{{#tag:ref|Ratified as French Algeria.|group="Note"}}
{{AGO}} – 1 March 1977
{{ATG}} – 20 January 1994
{{ARG}} – 1 April 1878
{{ARM}} – 14 October 1992
{{AUS}} – 1 October 1907
{{NFK}}
{{AUT}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as Austria-Hungary.|group="Note"}}
{{AZE}} – 1 April 1993

B

{{BHS}} – 24 April 1974
{{BHR}} – 21 December 1973
{{BGD}} – 7 February 1973
{{BRB}} – 11 November 1967
{{BLR}} – 13 May 1947{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}.|group="Note"}}
{{BEL}} – 1 July 1875
{{BLZ}} – 1 October 1982
{{BEN}} – 27 April 1961{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Republic of Dahomey.|group="Note"}}
{{BTN}} – 7 March 1969
{{BOL}} – 1 April 1886
{{BIH}} – 26 January 1993
{{BWA}} – 12 January 1968
{{BRA}} – 1 July 1877{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Empire of Brazil}}.|group="Note"}}
{{BRU}} – 15 January 1985
{{flagicon|GBR}} British overseas territories – 1 July 1875 (UK membership), 1 April 1877 (Independent membership){{refn|Dependent territory whose membership was grandfathered in by the Constitution.|name=dependency|group=Note}}

:* {{AIA}}

:* {{BMU}}

:* {{IOT}}

:* {{VGB}}

:* {{CYM}}

:* {{FLK}}

:* {{GIB}}

:* {{MSR}}

:* {{PCN}}

:* {{SGS}}

:* {{SHN}}

::Dependencies of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

::* {{flag|Saint Helena}}

::* {{flag|Ascension}}

::* {{flag|Tristan da Cunha}}

:* {{TCA}}

{{BGR}} – 1 July 1879{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Tsardom of Bulgaria.|group="Note"}}
{{BFA}} – 29 March 1963{{#tag:ref|Ratified as {{flag|Upper Volta}}.|group="Note"}}
{{BDI}} – 6 April 1963{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Burundi}}.|group="Note"}}

C

{{KHM}} – 21 December 1951{{#tag:ref|Ratified while a French protectorate.|group="Note"}}
{{CMR}} – 26 July 1960
{{CAN}} – 1 July 1878
{{CPV}} – 30 September 1976
{{CAF}} – 28 June 1961
{{TCD}} – 23 June 1961
{{CHL}} – 1 April 1881
{{CHN}} – 1 March 1914{{#tag:ref|China was originally represented by the government of the Republic of China from 1 March 1914. Following the United Nations General Assembly's vote to transfer China's seat to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1971, China's representation at the UPU was likewise switched to the PRC on 13 April 1972.|name=China|group="Note"}}
{{HKG}}{{#tag:ref|{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} Hong Kong was part of the British Overseas Territories joint membership from 1 April 1877 to 1 July 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries/southern-asia-and-oceania/overseas-territories-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland.html|title=Information page for British Overseas Territories on the UPU web site}} Hong Kong continues to participate in the Universal Postal Union after the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to China on 1 July 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries/southern-asia-and-oceania/china-peoples-rep/hong-kong-china.html|title=Information page for Hong Kong on the UPU web site}}|group="Note"}} – 1 April 1877
{{flag|Macau}}
{{COL}} – 1 July 1881
{{COM}} – 29 July 1976
{{flag|Congo, Democratic Republic of the}} – 1 January 1886{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Congo Free State}}.|group="Note"}}
{{flag|Congo, Republic of}} – 5 July 1961
{{CRI}} – 1 January 1883
{{CIV}} – 23 May 1961
{{HRV}} – 20 July 1992
{{CUB}} – 4 October 1902
{{CYP}} – 23 November 1961
{{flag|Czechia}} – 18 March 1993

D

{{DNK}} – 1 July 1875
{{FRO}}
{{GRL}}
{{DJI}} – 6 June 1978
{{DMA}} – 31 January 1980
{{DOM}} – 1 October 1880{{refn||name=tacit|group=Note}}

E

{{ECU}} – 1 July 1880
{{EGY}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Khedivate of Egypt}}.|group="Note"}}
{{SLV}} – 1 April 1879
{{GNQ}} – 24 July 1970
{{ERI}} – 19 August 1993
{{EST}} – 30 April 1992{{#tag:ref|Originally joined on 7 July 1922 prior to Soviet occupation{{cite web|url=http://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/post1/TLD-Annex-C1-Constitution.htm|title=CONSTITUTION & GENERAL REGULATIONS|date=October 11, 2000|work=Universal Postal Union|publisher=ICANN|access-date=16 February 2013}}|group="Note"}}
{{flag|Eswatini}} - 7 November 1969{{#tag:ref|As Swaziland until 2018.|group="Note"}}
{{ETH}} – 1 November 1908{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Ethiopian Empire}}.|group="Note"}}

F

{{FJI}} – 18 June 1971
{{FIN}} – 12 February 1918
{{flag|Åland Islands}}
{{FRA}} – 1 January 1876

:French Overseas Departments

:* {{flag|French Guiana|local}}

:* {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} (including Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin)

:* {{flag|Martinique|local}}

:* {{flag|Reunion|local}}

:* {{flag|Mayotte|local}}

:* {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}}

:Territories coming within the UPU's jurisdiction by virtue of article 23 of the UPU Constitution

:* {{PYF}} (including Clipperton Island)

:* {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}

:* {{flagicon|New Caledonia|FLNKS}} {{flagicon|New Caledonia|french}} New Caledonia

:* {{flag|Wallis and Futuna|local}}

G

{{GAB}} – 17 July 1961
{{GMB}} – 9 October 1974
{{GEO}} – 1 April 1993
{{DEU}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|German Empire}}.|group="Note"}}
{{GHA}} – 10 October 1957
{{GRC}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Greece}}.|group="Note"}}
{{GRD}} – 30 January 1978
{{GTM}} – 1 August 1881
{{GIN}} – 6 May 1959
{{GNB}} – 30 May 1974
{{GUY}} – 22 March 1967

H

{{HTI}} – 1 July 1881
{{HND}} – 1 April 1879{{refn|State which became a UPU member by ratifying the Treaty of Bern and which signed the Constitution, but which has not ratified it. These states are deemed to have "tacitly ratified" the agreement due to their continued participation in the UPU.|name=tacit|group=Note}}
{{HUN}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as Austria-Hungary.|group="Note"}}

I

{{ISL}} – 15 November 1919{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Iceland}}.|group="Note"}}
{{IND}} – 1 July 1876{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the British India.|group="Note"}}
{{IDN}} – 1 May 1877{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Dutch East Indies.|group="Note"}}
{{IRN}} – 1 September 1877{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Qajar Iran|name=Sublime State of Iran}}.|group="Note"}}
{{IRQ}} – 22 April 1929{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Mandatory Iraq|name=Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration}}.|group="Note"}}
{{IRL}} – 6 September 1923{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Irish Free State.|group="Note"}}
{{ISR}} – 24 December 1949
{{ITA}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}.|group="Note"}}

J

{{JAM}} – 29 August 1963
{{JPN}} – 1 June 1877{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Empire of Japan}}.|group="Note"}}
{{JOR}} – 16 May 1947

K

{{KAZ}} – 27 August 1992
{{KEN}} – 27 October 1964
{{KIR}} – 14 August 1984
{{flag|Korea, Democratic People's Republic of}} – 6 June 1974
{{flag|Korea, Republic of}} – 1 January 1900{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Korean Empire}}.|group="Note"}}
{{KWT}} – 16 February 1960
{{KGZ}} – 26 January 1993

L

{{LAO}} – 20 May 1952{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}.|group="Note"}}
{{LVA}} – 17 June 1992{{#tag:ref|Originally joined on 1 October 1921 prior to Soviet occupation|group="Note"}}
{{LBN}} – 15 May 1946
{{LSO}} – 6 September 1967
{{LBR}} – 1 April 1879
{{LBY}} – 4 June 1952{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Libya}}.|group="Note"}}
{{LIE}} – 13 April 1962
{{LTU}} – 10 January 1992{{#tag:ref|Originally joined on 1 January 1922 prior to Soviet occupation{{cite book|last=Žalimas|first=Dainius|title=Baltic yearbook of international law: 2001|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGLp7QEelbIC&pg=PA17|volume=1|year=2002|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|page=17|chapter=Legal Issues on the Continuity of the Republic of Lithuania|isbn=9041117369}}|group="Note"}}
{{LUX}} – 1 July 1875

M

{{MDG}} – 2 November 1961
{{MWI}} – 25 October 1966
{{MYS}} – 17 January 1958{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Malaya|name=Federation of Malaya}}.|group="Note"}}
{{MDV}} – 15 August 1967
{{MLI}} – 21 April 1961
{{MLT}} – 21 May 1965
{{MRT}} – 22 March 1967
{{MUS}} – 29 August 1969
{{MEX}} – 1 April 1879
{{MDA}} – 16 November 1992
{{MCO}} – 12 October 1955
{{MNG}} – 24 August 1963{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Mongolian People's Republic}}.|group="Note"}}
{{MNE}} – 26 July 2006
{{MAR}} – 1 October 1920{{#tag:ref|Ratified while a French protectorate.|group="Note"}}
{{MOZ}} – 11 October 1978
{{MMR}} – 4 October 1949{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Union of Burma.|group="Note"}}

N

{{NAM}} – 30 April 1992
{{NRU}} – 17 April 1969
{{NPL}} – 11 October 1956{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Kingdom of Nepal|old}}.|group="Note"}}
{{NLD}} – 1 July 1875
{{flagicon|NLD}} Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten – 1 July 1875 (Netherlands membership), 1 May 1877 (Independent membership){{refn||name=dependency|group=Note}}{{#tag:ref|These three entities are constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but have a joint UPU membership separate of that of the Netherlands. Prior to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, Aruba and the then-Netherlands Antilles shared a common UPU membership. Upon dissolution, Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, now collectively known as the Caribbean Netherlands, became parts of the Netherlands proper.|group="Note"}}
{{ABW}}
{{CUW}}
{{SXM}}
{{NZL}} (including the Ross Dependency) – 1 October 1907
{{COK}} (Free Association with New Zealand)
{{NIU}} (Free Association with New Zealand)
{{TKL}}
{{NIC}} – 1 May 1882
{{NER}} – 12 June 1961
{{NGA}} – 10 July 1961
{{flag|North Macedonia}} – 12 July 1993{{#tag:ref|Under the provisional designation of "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" until 2019.|group="Note"}}
{{NOR}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway}}.|group="Note"}}

O

{{OMN}} – 17 August 1971

P

{{PAK}} – 10 November 1947
{{PAN}} – 11 June 1904
{{PNG}} – 4 June 1976
{{PRY}} – 1 July 1881
{{PER}} – 1 April 1879
{{PHL}} – 1 January 1922
{{POL}} – 1 May 1919
{{PRT}} – 1 July 1875

Q

{{QAT}} – 31 January 1969

R

{{ROU}} – 1 July 1875
{{RUS}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Russian Empire. Continued membership as the {{flag|Soviet Union}} from 1922–1991.|group="Note"}}
{{RWA}} – 6 April 1963

S

{{KNA}} – 11 January 1988
{{LCA}} – 10 July 1980
{{VCT}} – 3 February 1981
{{WSM}} – 9 August 1989{{#tag:ref|Ratified as Western Samoa.|group="Note"}}
{{SMR}} – 1 July 1915
{{STP}} – 22 August 1977
{{SAU}} – 1 January 1927{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.svg}} Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.|group="Note"}}
{{SEN}} – 14 June 1961
{{SRB}} – 9 October 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Principality of Serbia. Continued membership as the {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 1918–2003.|group="Note"}}
{{SYC}} – 7 October 1977
{{SLE}} – 29 January 1962
{{SGP}} – 8 January 1966
{{SVK}} – 18 March 1993
{{SVN}} – 27 August 1992
{{SLB}} – 4 May 1984
{{SOM}} – 1 April 1959{{#tag:ref|At the time split between the Trust Territory of Somaliland and {{flag|British Somaliland}}.|group="Note"}}
{{ZAF}} – 22 August 1994
{{SSD}} – 4 October 2011{{cite web |title=South Sudan (Rep.) |work=Member countries |publisher=UPU |date=2011-10-04 |url=http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries/africa/south-sudan-rep.html | access-date=2013-05-25 }}
{{ESP}} – 1 July 1875
{{LKA}} – 13 July 1949
{{SDN}} – 28 July 1956{{refn||name=tacit|group=Note}}
{{SUR}} – 20 April 1976
{{SWE}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway}}.|group="Note"}}
{{CHE}} – 1 July 1875
{{SYR}} – 15 May 1946{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Syrian Republic}}.|group="Note"}}

T

{{TJK}} – 9 June 1994
{{TZA}} – 29 March 1963{{#tag:ref|Ratified as {{flagcountry|Republic of Tanganyika}}.|group="Note"}}
{{THA}} – 1 July 1885{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flagicon|Siam|1855}} Kingdom of Siam.|group="Note"}}
{{TLS}} – 28 November 2003
{{TGO}} – 21 March 1962
{{TON}} (including Niuafo'ou) – 26 January 1972
{{TTO}} – 15 June 1963
{{TUN}} – 1 July 1888{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|French protectorate of Tunisia|name=Regency of Tunis}}.|group="Note"}}
{{TUR}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the Ottoman Empire.|group="Note"}}
{{TKM}} – 26 January 1993
{{TUV}} – 3 February 1981

U

{{UGA}} – 13 February 1964
{{UKR}} – 13 May 1947{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}.|group="Note"}}
{{ARE}} – 30 March 1973
{{GBR}} – 1 July 1875

: The Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom are not members of the UPU, and are represented by the United Kingdom

:* {{GGY}}

:* {{IMN}}

:* {{JEY}}

{{USA}} – 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|On 17 October 2018 the United States notified the UPU of its intention to withdraw from the union, which as per terms of the UPU constitution would become effective after one year.{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-38/|title=Statement from the Press Secretary|date=2018-10-17|access-date=2018-10-17|publisher=Executive Office of the President of the United States}}{{cite web|url=http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/statement-on-the-decision-of-the-united-states-of-america-to-withdraw-from-the-universal-postal-union-treaties/|title=Statement on the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union treaties|date=2018-10-17|access-date=2018-10-17|publisher=Universal Postal Union}} However, the country indicated that it would be willing to remain a member if treaty arrangements which it finds problematic (the low terminal dues charged to developing countries to ship mail to developed countries) could be renegotiated during the course of the withdrawal period.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-starts-leaving-postal-union-latest-anti-china-143134710.html|title=Trump starts leaving postal union in latest anti-China move|access-date=2018-10-17|language=en-US}} In October 2019, following an Extraordinary Congress of the UPU which agreed to increase terminal dues, the United States opted to remain a member of the UPU.{{Cite web|url=https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/upu-postal-rate-change/564615/|title = The US is staying in the UPU, but global postal rate changes are coming}}|group="Note"}}

:Territories coming within the UPU's jurisdiction by virtue of article 23 of the UPU Constitution

:* {{GUM}}

:* {{PRI}}

:* {{ASM}}

:* {{VIR}}

:* {{MNP}}

{{URY}} – 1 July 1880
{{UZB}} – 24 February 1994

V

{{VUT}} – 16 July 1982
{{VAT}} – 1 June 1929
{{VEN}} – 1 January 1880
{{VNM}} – 20 October 1951{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|State of Vietnam}}.|group="Note"}}

Y

{{YEM}} – 1 January 1930{{#tag:ref|Ratified as the {{flag|Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen}}.|group="Note"}}

Z

{{ZMB}} – 22 March 1967
{{ZWE}} – 31 July 1981

Observer states

{{flag|Palestine}} – Has special observer status to the UPU since 1999, West Bank mail delivered through Jordan since 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.upu.int/en/media-centre/news/union-postale-emag/archived-news/archive/2009/april/category/union-postale-emag/article/650/palestinian-parcel-post-gets-a-boost.html |title=Palestinian parcel post gets a boost |publisher=Universal Postal Union (UPU) |access-date=2010-09-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27622&Cr=UPU&Cr1= |title=Israel and Palestinians to boost postal services with help from UN agency |publisher=United Nations |date=2008-08-07 |access-date=2008-10-24}} From {{When|date=October 2010}} up to 2010 Gaza strip mail was delivered through Israel.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2010/2010_aug_gaza_stripe.jsf |title=Statement regarding mail destined for the Gaza Strip |access-date=2012-04-19 |date=2010-08-20 |publisher=Canada Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918132412/http://canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2010/2010_aug_gaza_stripe.jsf |archive-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead }} On 15 November 2018, the president of the State of Palestine signed documents to accede to the UPU as a full member.{{cite web|url=http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=BOLyjea106466897592aBOLyje|title=President signs accession papers to a number of international organizations|date=2018-11-15|access-date=2018-11-17|publisher=Wafa}} However, UPU member states did not approve the application.{{cite web|url=https://www.upu.int/en/News/2019/9/UPU-issues-statement-on-membership-application-from-State-of-Palestine|title=UPU issues statement on membership application from State of Palestine|date=2019-09-18|accessdate=2023-09-02|publisher=Universal Postal Union}}

States not participating in UPU activities

In general areas governed by organizations that are not members of the UPU, must have their international mail handled by a member state.{{Cite web|title=Members of the Universal Postal Union and Their Join Dates |publisher=United Postal Stationery Society |url=http://www.upss.org/upuspecimens/upumembers.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125170027/http://www.upss.org/upuspecimens/upumembers.pdf |archive-date=25 November 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}

{{AND}}{{cite web |url=http://www.andorra-intern.com/news_2004/de_news_040227.htm |title=Andorra führt Postleitzahlen ein |publisher=Andorra Intern |access-date=2009-04-19 |date=2004-02-27 |language=German }} – mail routed through France or Spain.
{{MHL}} (mail transportation handled by the United States Postal Service)
{{FSM}} (mail transportation handled by the United States Postal Service)
{{PLW}} (mail transportation handled by the United States Postal Service)

Entities not participating in UPU activities

{{flagicon|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}} Order of Malta mail routed through Italy. Additionally, its stamps are accepted by 57 UPU members.[http://www.orderofmalta.int/catalogue/stamps/35675/associate-countries/?lang=en] Sovereign Order of Malta — Associate Countries (Postal Agreements)

States with limited recognition

These states need to have their mail routed through third countries as the UPU will not allow direct international deliveries.

{{flag|Somaliland}} mail routed through Ethiopia{{Cite web|title=Postal Power |publisher=One Radio Network |url=http://www.oneradionetwork.com/images/stories/PDF/PostalPower.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125173345/https://oneradionetwork.com/images/stories/PDF/PostalPower.doc |archive-date=25 November 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}
{{flag|Northern Cyprus}} mail routed through Turkey
{{flag|Kosovo}} mail routed through Serbia
{{flag|Abkhazia}} mail routed through Russia
{{flag|South Ossetia}} mail routed through Russia
{{flag|Transnistria}} mail routed through Moldova
{{flag|Sahrawi Republic}} mail routed through Algeria
{{TWN}} (Republic of China) mail routed through Japan and the United States{{#tag:ref||name=China|group="Note"}}{{#tag:ref|Mail for Taiwan was also previously routed through Hong Kong. International reply coupons are not available for Taiwan.|group="Note"}}{{Cite web|last=Chen |first=Lung-chu (陳隆志) |date=8 October 2008 |script-title=zh:萬國郵政聯盟與世界郵政日 |trans-title=Universal Postal Union and World Post Day |publisher=Taiwan New Century Culture and Education Foundation |url=http://www.taiwanncf.org.tw/media/tforum/20081008.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016001534/http://www.taiwanncf.org.tw/media/tforum/20081008.htm |archive-date=16 October 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}

Former member countries of the UPU

In the course of history a number of member countries of the UPU saw their membership lapse, due to political changes. Where there was an immediate successor state, membership would normally devolve on that state. In other cases membership lapsed.

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hawaii}} Kingdom of Hawaii – 1 January 1882 – 14 June 1900{{cite web |title=UPU Period |url=http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/upu.html |website=Post Office in Paradise |access-date=3 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=Application of Hawaii to enter Postal Union|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1508780425/view|website=Trove|access-date=19 September 2023}} (organized as the Territory of Hawaii, an organized incorporated territory of the United States)
{{flag|Orange Free State}} – 1 January 1898 – 31 May 1902{{#tag:ref|The Orange Free State acceded to the Postal Convention of Vienna in 1898, and a year later also acceded to that of Washington.{{cite book|last=du Toit Spies|first=François Jacobus|title = 'n Nederlander in diens van die Oranje-Vrystaat|language=Dutch|publisher=Swets & Zeitlinger|location=Amsterdam|year=1946|page=67|oclc=13561098|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIQbAAAAIAAJ|url-access=limited|lccn=a47000226}} The state was dissolved at the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. Membership did not lapse but was absorbed into the British South African membership.|group="Note"}}
{{flag|South African Republic}} – 1 January 1895 – 31 May 1902{{#tag:ref|The South African Republic was a member from 1895{{cite book|last=du Toit Spies|first=François Jacobus|title = 'n Nederlander in diens van die Oranje-Vrystaat|language=Dutch|publisher=Swets & Zeitlinger|location=Amsterdam|year=1946|page=66|oclc=13561098|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIQbAAAAIAAJ|url-access=limited|lccn=a47000226}} until its dissolution at the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. Membership did not lapse but was absorbed into the British South African membership.|group="Note"}}
{{flag|Gold Coast}} – January 1879Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. {{ISBN|0-356-10862-7}} – 1957 (became Ghana)
{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} From 18 May 1920 – {{flag|Slovakia}} and the {{flag|Czech Republic}} ratified the treaty after Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1992. {{flag|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|name=Wartime Slovakia}} (1939–1945) ratified the Universal Postal Treaty and all its protocols on 5/8/1941.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
{{flag|Yugoslavia}} (country ceased to exist in 1992)
{{flag|Independent State of Croatia}} 1941–1945 (country ceased to exist)
{{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}} – 1 March 1914 – 1 October 1949 (politically ceased to exist; confined to Taiwan from 7 December 1949){{#tag:ref||name=China|group="Note"}}
{{flag|Korean Empire}} – 1 January 1900 – 29 August 1910 (annexed by Japan)
{{flag|South Vietnam}} (country ceased to exist in 1975)
{{flag|East Germany}} From 1 July 1875{{#tag:ref|Ratified as part of the German Empire.|group="Note"}} (country ceased to exist in 1990)
{{flag|South Yemen}} (country ceased to exist in 1990)

List of members of the Universal Postal Union

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

Y

Z

Observer states

States not participating in UPU activities

Entities not participating in UPU activities

States with limited recognition

Former member countries of the UPU

See also

Notes

References

Further reading