Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 1.8629300000000000 1976-01-01 1.8185700000000000 1977-01-01 1.7578300000000000 1978-01-01 1.7248500000000000 1979-01-01 3.4138200000000000 1980-01-01 3.5160199999999997 1981-01-01 3.8458200000000000 1982-01-01 3.7653400000000000 1983-01-01 3.8881300000000003 1984-01-01 3.9307000000000000 1985-01-01 3.9874300000000003 1986-01-01 4.2743800000000010 1987-01-01 4.1763000000000000 1988-01-01 4.0902300000000000 1989-01-01 4.0356700000000000 1990-01-01 3.8767400000000003 1991-01-01 3.7505800000000002 1992-01-01 3.6554400000000000 1993-01-01 3.5002300000000000 1994-01-01 3.4313200000000000 1995-01-01 3.3457300000000000 1996-01-01 3.3350900000000000 1997-01-01 3.2468900000000000 1998-01-01 3.0968900000000000 1999-01-01 2.7668600000000000 2000-01-01 2.6071400000000002 2001-01-01 2.3966200000000000 2002-01-01 2.1981599999999997 2003-01-01 2.0111600000000000 2004-01-01 1.9324599999999998 2005-01-01 1.8296900000000000 2006-01-01 1.8358599999999998 2007-01-01 2.0677700000000000 2008-01-01 1.9846700000000002 2009-01-01 1.9343700000000001 2010-01-01 1.8953600000000000 2011-01-01 1.8421000000000000 2012-01-01 1.7600600000000000 2013-01-01 1.7390599999999998 2014-01-01 1.7187900000000000 2015-01-01 1.6750700000000000 2016-01-01 1.6277200000000000