Historic Gold Demand

Below is the Historic Demand for Gold among the various categories possible for Gold usage.

Year	Demand in Tonnes					Demand in US$ billions value
	Jewellery	Investment Bars & Coins	ETF's & Other Instruments	Technology	Total	Jewellery	Investment Bars & Coins	ETF's & Other Instruments	Technology	Total
2001	3,009	357	-	363	3,729	26.2	3.1	-	3.2	32.5
2002	2,662	351	3	358	3,374	26.5	3.5	0.0	3.6	33.6
2003	2,484	304	39	386	3,213	29.0	3.6	0.5	4.5	37.5
2004	2,616	355	133	419	3,522	34.4	4.7	1.7	5.5	46.3
2005	2,719	396	208	438	3,761	38.9	5.7	3.0	6.3	53.7
2006	2,300	417	260	468	3,446	44.6	8.1	5.1	9.1	66.9
2007	2,423	434	253	476	3,586	54.2	9.7	5.7	10.6	80.2
2008	2,304	875	321	461	3,962	64.6	24.5	9.0	12.9	111.1
2009	1,814	776	617	410	3,617	56.7	24.3	19.3	12.8	113.1
2010	2,017	1,148	368	466	3,999	79.4	45.2	14.5	18.4	157.4
1st Half 2011	997	674	-10	232	1,892	46.1	31.2	-0.3	10.8	87.8

Source: World Gold Council - Gold Demand Trends Report.

Historic Gold Prices

Below is the Historic Gold Price Movement over the past few years.

Year	Price per Ounce US$
1990	383.51
1991	362.11
1992	343.82
1993	359.77
1994	384.00
1995	383.79
1996	387.81
1997	331.02
1998	294.24
1999	278.98
2000	279.11
2001	271.04
2002	309.73
2003	363.38
2004	409.72
2005	444.74
2006	603.46
2007	695.39
2008	871.96
2009	972.35
2010	1,224.53
Now - August 2011	1,735.95

Note: One Ounce = 28.3 Grams

Source: World Gold Council - Historic Prices of Gold