Listed Companies (Year End)
	Number of  Listed Companies				Number of Listed Stocks			Shares
	Domestic	Foreign	Total		Domestic	Foreign	Total	Outstanding
								Millions
	(1)	(2)	(3)=(1)+(2)		(4)	(5)	(6)=(4)+(5)	(7)
1975	1,147	68	1,215		1,196	71	1,267	3,181
1976	1,141	20	1,161		1,207	69	1,276	3,160
1977	1,043	62	1,105		1,146	66	1,212	3,142
1978	944	60	1,004		1,064	64	1,128	3,070
1979	872	59	931		1,006	62	1,068	3,097
1980	837	55	892		917	56	973	4,180
1981	814	53	867		905	54	959	4,437
1982	772	50	822		894	51	945	4,604
1983	774	48	822		896	52	948	5,357
1984	742	49	791				930	5,517
1985	736	46	782		889	51	940	6,340
1986	747	49	796		899	55	954	7,451
1987	815	51	866		1,013	60	1,073	8,253
1988	841	55	896		1,044	56	1,100	8,730
1989	801	59	860		993	65	1,058	8,817
1990	789	70	859		986	77	1,063	9,768
1991	788	72	860		972	83	1,055	10,814
1992	736	80	816		855	88	943	10,178
1993	802	66	868		915	90	1,005	10,612
1994	758	66	824		897	84	981	10,925
1995	727	64	791		864	72	936	10,493
1996	688	63	751		832	64	896	11,011
1997	709	62	771		829	64	893	10,889
1998	649	62	711
Note: Includes funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and derivative issuers.
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