2050s

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.

References

1. "World population to reach 9.1 billion in 2050, UN projects". UN News Center. 24 February 2005.
2. Todd, Emmanuel (2003). After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-13102-X.
3. "Britain 'biggest in EU by 2050'". BBC News. 12 March 2009.
4. Wilson, Dominic; Stupnytska, Anna (March 28, 2007). "The N-11: More Than an Acronym" (PDF). Global Economics Paper 153.
5. Rebecca Boyle (2012-02-23). "Japanese Construction Company Plans Space Elevator By 2050". Australian Popular Science. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
6. "Hypersonic Zehst jet will fly in 2050 on seaweed biofuel". Wired UK.
7. "Our future energy" (PDF). The Danish government. The Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. November 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-26.