Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 12.3144000000000000 1976-01-01 11.6327000000000000 1977-01-01 11.2357000000000000 1978-01-01 10.8147000000000000 1979-01-01 10.6558000000000000 1980-01-01 9.8555900000000000 1981-01-01 9.1790200000000000 1982-01-01 8.5190100000000000 1983-01-01 8.0462400000000000 1984-01-01 7.8540399999999995 1985-01-01 7.4369500000000000 1986-01-01 6.9999800000000000 1987-01-01 6.5439900000000000 1988-01-01 6.0700400000000005 1989-01-01 5.6720300000000000 1990-01-01 5.4384800000000000 1991-01-01 5.0912900000000000 1992-01-01 5.0512300000000000 1993-01-01 4.8371600000000000 1994-01-01 4.5141300000000010 1995-01-01 4.2577700000000000 1996-01-01 4.1502300000000005 1997-01-01 3.7952800000000004 1998-01-01 3.6146300000000005 1999-01-01 3.4108199999999997 2000-01-01 3.2921900000000000 2001-01-01 3.0956900000000003 2002-01-01 2.9031900000000000 2003-01-01 2.7669500000000000 2004-01-01 2.6595299999999997 2005-01-01 2.5545700000000000 2006-01-01 2.5531599999999997 2007-01-01 2.6519700000000000 2008-01-01 2.6496700000000000 2009-01-01 2.4755300000000000 2010-01-01 2.4500400000000000 2011-01-01 2.3765600000000000 2012-01-01 2.3992400000000003 2013-01-01 2.2802100000000000 2014-01-01 2.2102500000000000 2015-01-01 2.1419799999999998 2016-01-01 2.1209900000000000