What 2032 will look like | Future Forecast

Read 134 predictions for 2032, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Fast Forecasts for 2032

• A rare tetrad eclipse to appear. 1
• Electronic paper sees widespread use 1
• World population forecasted to reach 8,638,416,000 1
• World sales of electric vehicles reaches 14,486,667 1
• Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 300 exabytes 1
• Global Internet traffic grows to 860 exabytes 1

Corporate Forecasts for 2019

• GM's self-driving cars become available for ride-sharing services, potentially competing with Uber. 1
• SpaceX gigabit internet satellites launch early in 2019, offering a new, global internet service by the end of the year. 1
• Volvo ceases production of new product lines of petrol cars and focuses entirely on designing electric vehicles. 1

Technology Forecasts for 2032

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2032 include:

• The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
• The day wearables replace smartphones: Future of the Internet P5

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Technology related podcast episodes that cover trends in 2049

• What humans will evolve into | Life in 2030 podcast | S1:E1

Business News for 2032

Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2032 include:

• Automation is the new outsourcing

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Culture Forecasts for 2032

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2032 include:

• The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
• Automated policing within the surveillance state: Future of policing P2
• Real vs. digital in tomorrow’s blended schools: Future of education P4
• Degrees to become free but will include expiry date: Future of education P2
• List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6

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Science Forecasts for 2032

Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2032 include:

• Public transit goes bust while planes, trains go driverless: Future of Transportation P3
• Peak cheap oil triggers renewable era: Future of Energy P2
• China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change

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Health Forecasts for 2032

Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2032 include:

• Moving from extreme life extension to immortality: Future of human population P6
• Experiencing tomorrow’s healthcare system: Future of Health P6
• Understanding the brain to erase mental illness: Future of Health P5
• End of permanent physical injuries and disabilities: Future of Health P4

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March 29, 2021. Last updated March 29, 2019.

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