2050s
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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2020s 2030s 2040s – 2050s – 2060s 2070s 2080s |
| Years: | 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 |
The 2050s is a decade of the Gregorian calendar that will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059.
Notable predictions and known events
- World population is predicted to reach 9.3 billion people, according to United Nations Population Division.[1]
- French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts worldwide zero population growth birth rates by 2050.[2]
- The United Kingdom could have the largest population in the European Union by 2050 and be the third biggest recipient of migrants in the world, UN projections suggest.[3]
- China, United States, India, Brazil and Mexico will be the largest economies in the world, according to a Goldman Sachs study.[4]
- Expected completion of a space elevator by 2050.[5]
- Predictions have been made for commercial hypersonic air travel by 2050.[6]
- Denmark's energy supply is planned to be supplied only by renewable energies in 2050.[7]
Fictional events
- The Dexter's Laboratory movie, Ego Trip, has some scenes that take place in 2055.
- The movie Minority Report takes place in 2054.
- The movie Renaissance takes place in Paris in 2054.
- The movie Red Planet takes place in 2057.
- The movie Lost In Space begins in 2058.
- John Christopher's novel The Guardians takes place during the years 2052 and 2053.
- J.D. Robb's In Death mystery series takes place during the years 2058–59.
- The video game Deus Ex takes place in 2052.
- In the video game series Video game Killzone, World War III began and ended in the 2050s.
- The short story A Sound of Thunder takes place in 2055.
- According to the movie Star Trek: First Contact, World War III will end in 2053, with an ultimate death toll of over 600 million.
- The Disney movie Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film) takes place in the late 2040s. The second movie Zenon: The Zequel takes place in 2051, two years after the first movie, and the 3rd movie in the series, Zenon: Z3 takes place in 2054.
- The racing video game Wipeout takes place in the year 2052.
- The movie Love Story 2050 takes place in 2050.
- The anime Macross Frontier takes place in 2059.
- "The Waters of Mars", an episode of Doctor Who, takes place in 2059.
- The movie Repo! The Genetic Opera takes place in 2057.
- July 5, 2050, the date referenced in the song "Toothless Hawkins and his Robot Jazz Band" by Varien & Razihel will take place.
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare takes place in the year 2054 with North Korea invading Seoul, South Korea.
- The events in the video game Xenoblade Chronicles X take place in 2054.
Television
The TV show 2057 on the Discovery Science Channel predicts advances in technology we will have by 2057.
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