Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 12.328400000000000 1976-01-01 11.918800000000000 1977-01-01 11.634200000000000 1978-01-01 11.358700000000000 1979-01-01 11.575100000000000 1980-01-01 12.393900000000000 1981-01-01 15.624100000000000 1982-01-01 16.576100000000000 1983-01-01 17.409000000000002 1984-01-01 19.072500000000000 1985-01-01 19.639800000000000 1986-01-01 18.399400000000000 1987-01-01 17.861800000000000 1988-01-01 16.831600000000000 1989-01-01 15.895500000000000 1990-01-01 14.137400000000000 1991-01-01 13.577200000000000 1992-01-01 12.459500000000000 1993-01-01 22.595500000000000 1994-01-01 24.599300000000000 1995-01-01 24.017400000000000 1996-01-01 24.544700000000000 1997-01-01 27.695900000000000 1998-01-01 29.149300000000000 1999-01-01 31.271600000000000 2000-01-01 32.912100000000000 2001-01-01 32.037000000000000 2002-01-01 31.148600000000000 2003-01-01 29.246900000000000 2004-01-01 28.464900000000000 2005-01-01 27.908300000000000 2006-01-01 35.350500000000000 2007-01-01 29.733000000000000 2008-01-01 36.986300000000000 2009-01-01 35.812200000000000 2010-01-01 35.294900000000000 2011-01-01 35.981800000000000 2012-01-01 34.876200000000000