themselves vs they

themselves

pron
  • The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). 

  • The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). 

they

pron
  • People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker. 

  • There (especially as an expletive subject of be). 

  • A single person, previously mentioned, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female, especially if of unknown or (since 21st century) non-binary gender. 

  • A group of entities previously mentioned. 

det
  • Their. 

  • The, those. 

How often have the words themselves and they occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )