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 will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059.

Contents 1 Notable predictions and known events 2 Fictional events 3 Television 4 References

[edit] 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 worldwide 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]

[edit] 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 2050.
• The anime Macross Frontier takes place in 2059.
• The Waters of Mars episode of Doctor Who takes place in 2059.

[edit] Television

The TV show, 2057, on the Discovery Science Channel predicts advances in technology we will have by 2057.

[edit] References