Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 17.707700000000000 1976-01-01 16.988500000000000 1977-01-01 16.671300000000000 1978-01-01 16.425500000000000 1979-01-01 15.600200000000000 1980-01-01 15.123900000000000 1981-01-01 14.178200000000000 1982-01-01 15.091500000000000 1983-01-01 14.964800000000000 1984-01-01 18.233200000000000 1985-01-01 16.009200000000000 1986-01-01 18.322500000000000 1987-01-01 15.410800000000000 1988-01-01 15.718100000000000 1989-01-01 16.903600000000000 1990-01-01 17.389500000000000 1991-01-01 13.537000000000000 1992-01-01 12.315500000000000 1993-01-01 15.630800000000000 1994-01-01 15.211800000000000 1995-01-01 11.902400000000000 1996-01-01 11.912000000000000 1997-01-01 12.683600000000000 1998-01-01 13.624300000000000 1999-01-01 24.474900000000000 2000-01-01 24.614600000000000 2001-01-01 20.503300000000000 2002-01-01 18.205500000000000 2003-01-01 16.517400000000000 2004-01-01 15.723100000000000 2005-01-01 14.522200000000000 2006-01-01 13.703600000000000 2007-01-01 13.490700000000000 2008-01-01 12.830200000000000 2009-01-01 9.921120000000000 2010-01-01 9.027770000000000 2011-01-01 8.626330000000001 2012-01-01 8.057310000000001 2013-01-01 5.891300000000000 2014-01-01 5.810850000000000 2015-01-01 5.903210000000000 2016-01-01 6.048040000000000