Article 1
Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:
‘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 2016 to 31 December 2016 shall be as follows:
Member State | Population | Percentage of the population of the Union
Germany | 81 089 331 | 15,93
France | 66 352 469 | 13,04
United Kingdom | 64 767 115 | 12,73
Italy | 61 438 480 | 12,07
Spain | 46 439 864 | 9,12
Poland | 38 005 614 | 7,47
Romania | 19 861 408 | 3,90
Netherlands | 17 155 169 | 3,37
Belgium | 11 258 434 | 2,21
Greece | 10 846 979 | 2,13
Czech Republic | 10 419 743 | 2,05
Portugal | 10 374 822 | 2,04
Hungary | 9 855 571 | 1,94
Sweden | 9 790 000 | 1,92
Austria | 8 581 500 | 1,69
Bulgaria | 7 202 198 | 1,42
Denmark | 5 653 357 | 1,11
Finland | 5 471 753 | 1,08
Slovakia | 5 403 134 | 1,06
Ireland | 4 625 885 | 0,91
Croatia | 4 225 316 | 0,83
Lithuania | 2 921 262 | 0,57
Slovenia | 2 062 874 | 0,41
Latvia | 1 986 096 | 0,39
Estonia | 1 313 271 | 0,26
Cyprus | 847 008 | 0,17
Luxembourg | 562 958 | 0,11
Malta | 429 344 | 0,08
Total | 508 940 955 |
Threshold (62 %) | 315 543 392 |
Threshold (65 %) | 330 811 621’. |