Population to Top 9 Billion by 2050

Much of the growth will take place in the least-developed countries, where a high rate of mortality is outweighed by an even higher rate of fertility. Read more...

Projected Population of the United States to the Year 2050
The total US population will be up to 419 million by the year 2050, of which Hispanic people will be 24,4%.

Download Your Mind by 2050
By 2050 we would expect to be able to download your mind into a machine, so when you die it's not a major career problem.

By 2050 Warming to Doom Million Species
Rising temperatures exacerbated by human-induced belches of greenhouse gases could send more than a million species down the road to extinction.

Alzheimer's Could Infect Three Times as Many by 2050
Using Census and life expectancy information, specialists estimate that the number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease could more than triple to 16 million by 2050.

Great Barrier Reef Will Lose 95 per cent of its Living Coral by 2050
Australia's Great Barrier Reef will lose 95 per cent of its living coral by 2050.

Ozone Hole Could Close by 2050
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica may close by 2050 as the level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is declining.

S. Korea Expects to Lead by 2050 in World Senior Citizen Population
South Korea will have the highest proportion of senior citizens in the world by 2050 – 37.3 percent.