Growth in Membership
| State | Joined |
Population 2006 |
Sep 1952 |
Mar 1957 |
Jan 1973 |
Jun 1979 |
Jan 1981 |
Jan 1986 |
Jun 1994 |
Jan 1995 |
May 2004 |
Jun 2004 |
Jan 2007 |
Jun 2009 |
Dec 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1951 | 82,428,000 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | |
| France | 1951 | 62,886,000 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 72 | +2 |
| United Kingdom | 1973 | 60,422,000 | 36 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 72 | +1 | ||
| Italy | 1951 | 58,752,000 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 72 | +1 |
| Spain | 1986 | 43,758,000 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 54 | 54 | 50 | +4 | |||||
| Poland | 2004 | 38,157,000 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 50 | +1 | ||||||||
| Romania | 2007 | 21,610,000 | 35 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1951 | 16,334,000 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 25 | +1 |
| Greece | 1981 | 11,125,000 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |||||
| Portugal | 1986 | 10,570,000 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | ||||||
| Belgium | 1951 | 10,511,000 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |
| Czech Republic | 2004 | 10,251,000 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 2004 | 10,077,000 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 1995 | 9,048,000 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | +2 | |||||||
| Austria | 1995 | 8,266,000 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | +2 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 2007 | 7,719,000 | 18 | 17 | +1 | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 1973 | 5,428,000 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | |||
| Slovakia | 2004 | 5,389,000 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||
| Finland | 1995 | 5,256,000 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||
| Ireland | 1973 | 4,209,000 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||
| Lithuania | 2004 | 3,403,000 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
| Latvia | 2004 | 2,295,000 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | +1 | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 2004 | 2,003,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +1 | ||||||||
| Estonia | 2004 | 1,344,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cyprus | 2004 | 766,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1951 | 460,000 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Malta | 2004 | 404,000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | +1 | ||||||||
| Total | 494,070,000 | 78 | 142 | 198 | 410 | 434 | 518 | 567 | 626 | 788 | 732 | 785 | 736 | +18 | |
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