Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 14.880 1976-01-01 14.690 1977-01-01 14.270 1978-01-01 14.260 1979-01-01 16.915 1980-01-01 15.120 1981-01-01 14.900 1982-01-01 15.655 1983-01-01 14.315 1984-01-01 16.430 1985-01-01 16.010 1986-01-01 16.595 1987-01-01 15.410 1988-01-01 13.030 1989-01-01 14.060 1990-01-01 13.335 1991-01-01 12.905 1992-01-01 11.070 1993-01-01 10.140 1994-01-01 8.550 1995-01-01 11.480 1996-01-01 10.450 1997-01-01 10.095 1998-01-01 11.180 1999-01-01 11.160 2000-01-01 10.790 2001-01-01 9.635 2002-01-01 9.690 2003-01-01 10.370 2004-01-01 9.260 2005-01-01 9.930 2006-01-01 11.470 2007-01-01 10.510 2008-01-01 11.860 2009-01-01 11.030 2010-01-01 10.640 2011-01-01 10.610 2012-01-01 10.795 2013-01-01 8.790 2014-01-01 7.470 2015-01-01 8.405