Predictions for 2045 | Future timeline
Read 131 predictions for 2045, 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 2045
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- Ray Kurzweil singularity theory to begin this year. 1
- Sweden becomes 'carbon neutral' through 85% carbon cuts at home. 1
- EV battery energy density to be at parity with gasoline. 1
- 'Brainprints' joins fingerprints as the top measures of security 1
- Skyfarms feed densly populated city centres with added environmental benefits of producing energy, purifying water, cleaning air 1
- Brain implants used for disabilities and entertainment purposes become widely available 1
- Tokyo and Nagoya maglev is fully built 1
- World population forecasted to reach 9,453,891,000 1
- Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 70 per cent 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 23,066,667 1
- Average number of connected devices, per person, is 22 1
- Global number of Internet connected devices reaches 204,600,000,000 1
- Optimistic forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.76 degrees Celsius 1
Country forecasts for 2045
Read forecasts about 2045 specific to a range of countries, including:
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Technology forecasts for 2045
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2045 include:
- Virtual reality and the global hive mind: Future of the Internet P7
- Humans not allowed. The AI-only web: Future of the Internet P8
- How humans will defend against an Artificial Superintelligence: Future of artificial intelligence P5
- Will an Artificial Superintelligence exterminate humanity? Future of artificial intelligence P4
- How we’ll create the first Artificial Superintelligence: Future of artificial intelligence P3
Indian science has landmark moment at ITER, a global effort to create first-ever nuclear fusion device. Vote on this forecast
The U.S. can get to 90% clean electricity in just 15 years. Vote on this forecast
Culture forecasts for 2045
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2045 include:
- After the age of mass unemployment: Future of Work P7
- List of future legal precedents tomorrow's courts will judge: Future of law P5
- Mind-reading devices to end wrongful convictions: Future of law P2
- Future of growing old: Future of Human Population P5
- Future of death: Future of human population P7
The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects. Vote on this forecast
India to overtake China as the world's most populous country: UN. Vote on this forecast
Science forecasts for 2045
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2045 include:
Health forecasts for 2045
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2045 include:
There’s much to gain from recycling of waste. Vote on this forecast
Want to stop the diabetic epidemic?. Vote on this forecast
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