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 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 |
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