Predictions for 2050 | Future timeline
Read 390 predictions for 2050, 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.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends.
Fast forecasts for 2050
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- Most of the fish stocks that existed in 2015 are now extinct. 1
- 6 million people now die per year from complications with air pollution. 1
- Nearly 2 billion people now live in countries with absolute water scarcity, mostly in the Middle East and North African regions. 1
- 5 billion of the world's projected 9.7 billion people now live in water-stressed areas. 1
- Neurotechnologies enable users to interact with their environment and other people by thought alone. 1
- 6.3 billion people will live in cities. 1
- Half of the world's population will be short-sighted 1
- Toyota stops selling gasoline cars 1
- Coffee becomes a luxury due to climate change and the loss of suitable farming land 1
- Skyscrapers (an arcology) that function as cities are built to address growing populations 1
- Athabasca Glacier disappears by losing 5 metres per year since 2015 1
- China's "South-to-North Water Transfer Project" is fully built 1
- World population forecasted to reach 9,725,147,000 1
- Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 90 per cent 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 26,366,667 1
- (Moore's Law) Calculations per second, per $1,000, equals 10^23 (equal to all human brain power globally) 1
- Average number of connected devices, per person, is 25 1
- Global number of Internet connected devices reaches 237,500,000,000 1
- Worst case forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 2.5 degrees Celsius 1
- Forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 2 degrees Celsius 1
- Optimistic forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.89 degrees Celsius 1
- Largest age cohort for the Brazilian population is 45-49 1
- Largest age cohort for the Mexican population is 50-54 1
- Largest age cohort for the Middle East population is 35-44 1
- Largest age cohort for the African population is 0-4 1
- Largest age cohort for the European population is 60-64 1
- Largest age cohort for the Indian population is 35-39 1
- Largest age cohort for the Chinese population is 60-64 1
- Largest age cohort for the United States population is 20-34 1
Country forecasts for 2050
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Technology forecasts for 2050
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2050 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
- Will humans live peacefully in a future dominated by artificial intelligences? - Future of artificial intelligence P6
- How humans will defend against an Artificial Superintelligence: Future of artificial intelligence P5
Culture forecasts for 2050
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2050 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
- Future of growing old: Future of Human Population P5
- Future of death: Future of human population P7
- How Generation Z will change the world: Future of Human Population P3
Science forecasts for 2050
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2050 include: