Predictions for 2039 | Future timeline
Read 11 predictions for 2039, 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 2039
Fast Forecast
- Transport, production, agriculture almost 90% automated 1
- Memory recording and replay becomes possible 1
- World population forecasted to reach 9,095,212,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 19,106,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 594 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 1,518 exabytes 1
- Number of Internet users worldwide reaches 4,840,000,000 1
Country forecasts for 2039
Read forecasts about 2039 specific to a range of countries, including:
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Technology forecasts for 2039
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:
Culture forecasts for 2039
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:
- Universal Basic Income cures mass unemployment
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Automated judging of criminals: Future of law P3
- How Millennials will change the world: Future of Human Population P2
- List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6
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Science forecasts for 2039
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:
- The job-eating, economy-boosting, social impact of driverless vehicles: Future of Transportation P5
- Your future diet in bugs, in-vitro meat, and synthetic foods: Future of food P5
- The end of meat in 2035: Future of Food P2
- China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
