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The 2050s is a decade of the Gregorian calendar that will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059.

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Notable predictions and known events

  • World population is predicted to reach 9.3 billion people, according to United Nations Population Division.
  • French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts worldwide zero population growth birth rates by 2050.
  • China, United States, India, Brazil and Mexico will be the largest economies in the world, according to a Goldman Sachs study.
  • Expected completion of a space elevator by 2050.
  • Predictions have been made for commercial hypersonic air travel by 2050.
  • Denmark's energy supply is planned to be supplied only by renewable energies in 2050.

    • Fictional events

  • The Dexter's Laboratory television movie released in 1999, Ego Trip, has some scenes that take place in 2055.
  • The film Minority Report takes place in 2054.
  • The film Renaissance takes place in Paris in 2054.
  • The film Red Planet takes place in 2057.
  • The film 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 Killzone, World War III began and ended in the 2050s.
  • The short story A Sound of Thunder takes place in 2055.
  • According to the film Star Trek: First Contact, World War III will end in 2053, with an ultimate death toll of over 600 million.
  • The Disney film Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century takes place in the late 2040s. The second movie Zenon: The Zequel takes place in 2051, two years after the first movie, and the third movie in the series, Zenon: Z3 takes place in 2054.
  • The racing video game Wipeout takes place in the year 2052.
  • The film 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 film 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.

    References

    2050s Wikipedia
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