Year Number of Listed Companies per Million People 1975-01-01 12.3627 1976-01-01 12.2916 1977-01-01 11.7236 1978-01-01 11.1822 1979-01-01 10.6685 1980-01-01 22.7264 1981-01-01 24.3609 1982-01-01 23.4391 1983-01-01 26.4124 1984-01-01 26.4179 1985-01-01 26.3109 1986-01-01 27.4015 1987-01-01 28.8952 1988-01-01 27.7915 1989-01-01 26.8496 1990-01-01 25.7548 1991-01-01 25.7450 1992-01-01 25.5814 1993-01-01 26.5929 1994-01-01 27.5723 1995-01-01 28.1172 1996-01-01 30.0304 1997-01-01 28.9925 1998-01-01 27.1847 1999-01-01 25.9067 2000-01-01 24.5142 2001-01-01 21.6760 2002-01-01 19.7653 2003-01-01 18.2518 2004-01-01 17.8480 2005-01-01 17.4102 2006-01-01 17.2029 2007-01-01 16.9604 2008-01-01 15.3439 2009-01-01 14.3462 2010-01-01 13.8327 2011-01-01 13.3838 2012-01-01 13.0640 2013-01-01 13.2180 2014-01-01 13.7122 2015-01-01 13.6463 2016-01-01 13.3918