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The '''2050s''' will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059. |
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The 2050s will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059.
Notable predictions and known events
- World population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion people, according to United Nations Population Division.[1]
- French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts world-wide zero population growth birth rates by 2050.[2]
- The United Kingdom could have the largest population in Europe by 2050 and be the third biggest recipient of migrants in the world, UN projections suggest.[3]
- Scientists predict[weasel words] that a viable wild population of the Asian elephant (Elephas indicus) will no longer exist in the 2050s.[4]
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 computer game Deus Ex takes place in 2052.
- 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.
- 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 this time.
Television
The TV show, 2057, on the Discovery Science Channel predicts advances in technology we will have by 2057.
References
- ^ "World population to reach 9.1 billion in 2050, UN projects". UN News Center. 24 February 2005.
- ^ Todd, Emmanuel (2003). After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 023113102X.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Britain 'biggest in EU by 2050'". BBC News. 12 March 2009.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ National Geographic, February 2006.[verification needed]