‘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 and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, 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 2018 to 31 December 2018 shall be as follows:

Member State	Population	Percentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany	82 437 641	16,10
France	67 024 633	13,09
United Kingdom	65 808 573	12,85
Italy	61 219 113	11,95
Spain	46 528 966	9,08
Poland	37 972 964	7,41
Romania	19 638 309	3,83
Netherlands	17 220 721	3,36
Belgium	11 365 834	2,22
Greece	10 757 293	2,10
Czech Republic	10 467 628	2,04
Portugal	10 309 573	2,01
Sweden	10 080 000	1,97
Hungary	9 797 561	1,91
Austria	8 752 500	1,71
Bulgaria	7 101 859	1,39
Denmark	5 743 947	1,12
Finland	5 499 447	1,07
Slovakia	5 435 343	1,06
Ireland	4 774 833	0,93
Croatia	4 154 213	0,81
Lithuania	2 847 904	0,56
Slovenia	2 065 895	0,40
Latvia	1 950 116	0,38
Estonia	1 315 635	0,26
Cyprus	854 802	0,17
Luxembourg	589 370	0,12
Malta	440 433	0,09
EU 28	512 155 106
Threshold (65 %)	332 900 819’