‘ANNEX III

Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council

For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU, Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU and Article 3(2) of Protocol No 36, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 shall be as follows:

Member State	Population (× 1 000)	Percentage of the population of the Union
Germany	80 704,691	15,91
France	66 076,909	13,02
United Kingdom	64 105,654	12,63
Italy	61 152,798	12,05
Spain	46 507,76	9,17
Poland	38 018,0	7,49
Romania	19 942,642	3,93
Netherlands	17 082,0	3,37
Belgium	11 203,992	2,21
Greece	10 992,783	2,17
Portugal	10 427,301	2,06
Czech Republic	10 398,697	2,05
Hungary	9 877,365	1,95
Sweden	9 644,864	1,90
Austria	8 511,0	1,68
Bulgaria	7 245,677	1,43
Denmark	5 621,607	1,11
Finland	5 451,27	1,07
Slovakia	5 400,598	1,06
Ireland	4 604,029	0,91
Croatia	4 246,809	0,84
Lithuania	2 943,472	0,58
Slovenia	2 061,085	0,41
Latvia	2 001,468	0,39
Estonia	1 315,819	0,26
Cyprus	858,000	0,17
Luxembourg	549,680	0,11
Malta	425,384	0,08
Total	507 371,354
Threshold (62 %)	314 570,239
Threshold (65 %)	329 791,38’