Predictions for 2031 | Future timeline
Read 9 predictions for 2031, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Fast forecasts for 2031
Country forecasts for 2031
Read forecasts about 2031 specific to a range of countries, including:
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Technology forecasts for 2031
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2031 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- The day wearables replace smartphones: Future of the Internet P5
Culture forecasts for 2031
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2031 include:
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Automated policing within the surveillance state: Future of policing P2
- Real vs. digital in tomorrow’s blended schools: Future of education P4
- Degrees to become free but will include expiry date: Future of education P2
- List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6
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Science forecasts for 2031
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2031 include:
- Public transit goes bust while planes, trains go driverless: Future of Transportation P3
- Peak cheap oil triggers renewable era: Future of Energy P2
- China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
Health forecasts for 2031
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2031 include:
- Moving from extreme life extension to immortality: Future of human population P6
- Experiencing tomorrow’s healthcare system: Future of Health P6
- Understanding the brain to erase mental illness: Future of Health P5
- End of permanent physical injuries and disabilities: Future of Health P4
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