Apportionment in The European Parliament - Growth in Membership

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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