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.
• French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts worldwide zero population growth birth rates by 2050.
• 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.
• 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 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.