| Year | Years away | Event | Source | Date of projection |
| 2009 | -6 | Medical microrobots for human injection enter production | Wired | 2007.01.18 |
| 2009 | -6 | First commercial spaceflight of the "Silver Dart" | PlanetSpace | 2007.02.01 |
| 2009 | -6 | UK starts issuing biometric national identity cards to citizens | UK Home Office | 2008.11 |
| 2009 | -6 | China becomes world's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions | New York Times | 2006.11.06 |
| 2009 | -6 | 50th anniversary of Communist control in Cuba | CBS News | 2007.07.26 |
| 2009 | -6 | Burj Dubai completed (originally scheduled for 2008) | Gulf News | 2008.06.09 |
| 2010 | -5 | Google Chrome operating system released | Google | 2009.07.07 |
| 2010 | -5 | Delta Air Lines expected to reach profitability | Salt Lake Tribune | 2008.09.09 |
| 2010 | -5 | GM Volt (electric car) in production | Globe and Mail | 2007.02.14 |
| 2010 | -5 | Mass production of 50%-efficient solar cells | University of Delaware | 2007.07.23 |
| 2010 | -5 | Retirement of Space Shuttle | USA Today | 2005.08.08 |
| 2010 | -5 | Nissan begins production of electric car | AutoWeek | 2008.03.10 |
| 2010 | -5 | Microsoft releases Windows 7 | Engadget | 2008.03.13 |
| 2010 | -5 | Florida surpasses New York as third-largest state in the US | Orlando Business Journal | 2007.11.19 |
| 2010 | -5 | Vancouver Winter Olympics | International Olympic Committee | 2007.08.09 |
| 2010 | -5 | GE Ecomagination products and services reach $20 billion in sales | GE | 2007.05.24 |
| 2010 | -5 | First deliveries of HondaJet (8-passenger air taxi) | Honda | 2007.06.27 |
| 2010 | -5 | Netherlands completes first residential area exclusively of amphibious houses | Der Spiegel | 2005.09.26 |
| 2010 | -5 | Biofuels production causes decline in gas prices | Dow Jones Newswires | 2007.07.30 |
| 2010 | -5 | Israel has a missile-defense shield in place | Jerusalem Post | 2007.08.23 |
| 2010 | -5 | Chrysler introduces electric car | Detroit News | 2008.09.23 |
| 2010 | -5 | Movie theaters installed at 300 gas stations in India | Economic Times | 2007.09.21 |
| 2010 | -5 | Fully functional prosthetic arms that respond to direct neural control | DARPA | 2007.08.27 |
| 2010 | -5 | “Deep bleeder” cuff stops internal bleeding non-invasively using ultrasound | Discover Magazine | 2008.10.02 |
| 2010 | -5 | $600 million, 984-foot tower in Mexico City is completed | New York Times | 2007.09.19 |
| 2011 | -4 | First private commercial spaceflight of "VSS Enterprise" (originally scheduled for 2009) | Los Angeles Times | 2009.12.08 |
| 2011 | -4 | Katie Couric's contract to anchor CBS Evening News expires | Broadcasting and Cable | 2008.04.10 |
| 2011 | -4 | New safe containment structure completed at Chernobyl | Government Accountability Office | 2007.07 |
| 2011 | -4 | 4G cellular phone networks deployed in United States | PC Magazine | 2007.06.20 |
| 2011 | -4 | O'Hare airport opens two additional runways | City of Chicago | 2007 |
| 2011 | -4 | Chicago Spire completed and opened to first occupants | The Chicago Spire | 2007.09.19 |
| 2011 | -4 | US Air Force implements counter-anti-satellite system | Aviation Week | 2008.03.16 |
| 2011 | -4 | Supercomputer built to reach 10 petaflops | New York Times | 2007.08.06 |
| 2011 | -4 | 90% of retailers have in-store digital video displays (like Wal-Mart TV) | Online Video Insider | 2007.09.17 |
| 2011 | -4 | 300-megawatt solar thermal facility goes online in Florida | St. Petersburg Times | 2007.09.27 |
| 2011 | -4 | Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan enter customs union | Templeton Thorp | 2007.10.08 |
| 2011 | -4 | US reuses 50% of coal combustion ash | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2011 | -4 | 20th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm | National Security Archive | 2001.01.17 |
| 2011 | -4 | US airliners equipped with real-time turbulence forecasts based on radar | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | 2007.09.06 |
| 2011 | -4 | EPA requires all communities with combined sewers to implement corrective plans | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2012 | -3 | XO-3 released by One Laptop Per Child campaign | Forbes | 2009.12.22 |
| 2012 | -3 | China completes construction of 42 high-speed (200 mph) rail lines | Red Orbit | 2009.12.27 |
| 2012 | -3 | Mobile phone makers converge on common standard for phone chargers | Chicago Tribune | 2009.02.17 |
| 2012 | -3 | Mainstream adoption of universal online identity managers | SXIP | 2007.08.13 |
| 2012 | -3 | NYC taxi fleet completely converted to hybrid engines | City of New York | 2007.05.22 |
| 2012 | -3 | Regeneration of heart valves from the patient's own stem cells | The Independent | 2007.09.03 |
| 2012 | -3 | US EPA requires 8% reduction in water impairments over 2002 levels | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2012 | -3 | 260 million people use mobile online dating services worldwide | Wireless Week | 2007.09.17 |
| 2012 | -3 | First phase of Kyoto Protocol complete | BBC News | 2007.08.27 |
| 2012 | -3 | London Summer Olympics | International Olympic Committee | 2007.08.09 |
| 2012 | -3 | Hugo Chavez's second term as Venezuelan president expires | CNN | 2009.02.03 |
| 2012 | -3 | First private hotel in space opens for tourists | RTE News | 2007.08.10 |
| 2012 | -3 | Federal law mandates production of 1 billion gallons of biodiesel per year | Brownfield | 2007.12.20 |
| 2012 | -3 | Interactive environments reach photorealistic quality virtually indistinguishable from film | ScienCentral | 2007.09.20 |
| 2012 | -3 | Bioengineered kidneys enter production | Charleston Regional Business Journal | 2006.08.21 |
| 2012 | -3 | Final year to collect $20 million in Google's Lunar X-Prize | Google | 2007.09.13 |
| 2012 | -3 | Mitsubishi begins production of regional jet | Business Week | 2008.03 |
| 2012 | -3 | Personal genome maps integrated into routine medical care | University of Alberta | 2007.09.20 |
| 2012 | -3 | Wireless e-mail reaches commodity status | Tekrati | 2007.07.26 |
| 2013 | -2 | Second phase of Kyoto Protocol takes effect | Economic Times | 2009.12.28 |
| 2013 | -2 | Banana crops worldwide critically threatened by fungal disease | The Guardian | 2003.01.16 |
| 2013 | -2 | End of Hubble Space Telescope's useful life | Discovery Channel | 2007.12.21 |
| 2013 | -2 | US segment of NEPTUNE undersea monitoring network completed | National Geographic | 2007.08.27 |
| 2013 | -2 | ADS-B (advanced air traffic and weather detection for aircraft) ground infrastructure operating across US | Washington Technology | 2007.09.17 |
| 2013 | -2 | NASA launches James Webb Space Telescope | NASA | 2007.08.23 |
| 2013 | -2 | Medicare becomes insolvent | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2008.03.25 |
| 2013 | -2 | All new cars in US required to have side-impact protection (air bags) to prevent head injuries | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | 2007.08.30 |
| 2013 | -2 | Best Buy reaches $80 billion in annual sales | Minneapolis Star-Tribune | 2008.06.25 |
| 2014 | -1 | Sochi Winter Olympics | International Olympic Committee | 2007.08.09 |
| 2014 | -1 | Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Hyundai produce 5.6 million vehicles annually in US | Ward's AutoWorld | 2007.08.01 |
| 2014 | -1 | No Child Left Behind requires all students to test in reading and math at grade level | Washington Post | 2007.03.14 |
| 2014 | -1 | Ontario closes all coal-fired power plants | Toronto Star | 2007.07.13 |
| 2014 | -1 | Worldwide temperatures average 0.5°F above 2004 temperatures | BBC News | 2007.08.09 |
| 2014 | -1 | Earliest date for Turkey to join the EU | Forbes | 2007.07.23 |
| 2014 | -1 | 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square uprising | Frontline | 2006.04.11 |
| 2014 | -1 | All US residents have electronic medical records | Ars Technica | 2006.07.19 |
| 2014 | -1 | Panama Canal widening project complete | The Independent | 2007.09.03 |
| 2015 | 0 | Kenya obtains first malaria vaccine | AllAfrica | 2010.04.26 |
| 2015 | 0 | Two million people die per year of preventable tuberculosis | UN News Centre | 2011.03.24 |
| 2015 | 0 | Microsoft introduces successor to Xbox gaming console | HTLounge.net | 2011.03.24 |
| 2015 | 0 | Genomes of stomach, breast, liver, mouth, brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers fully recorded | BBC News | 2009.12.16 |
| 2015 | 0 | GE offers net-zero-energy homes to consumers | CNet | 2009.07.14 |
| 2015 | 0 | Deaths outnumber births in EU | International Herald Tribune | 2008.08.26 |
| 2015 | 0 | Common currency in place for several Persian Gulf nations | Gulf News | 2007.10.02 |
| 2015 | 0 | 55% of the area around Chernobyl allowed to return to use | International Atomic Energy Agency | 2006 |
| 2015 | 0 | Canadian industrial air pollution cut by 50% over 2007 levels | Environment Canada | 2007.04.26 |
| 2015 | 0 | Mass production of self-driving cars | PC Magazine | 2007.06.20 |
| 2015 | 0 | One-third of US combat vehicles are unmanned | The Guardian | 2007.08.18 |
| 2015 | 0 | Honda recycles 95% of used vehicle components in Japan | Honda | 2005 |
| 2015 | 0 | Corn yields average 200 bushels per acre in US | National Corn Growers Association | 2007.03.01 |
| 2015 | 0 | Earliest projections for peak oil production | National Petroleum Council | 2007.07.18 |
| 2015 | 0 | Medical spending on credit cards reaches $150 billion annually | Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | 2008.09.07 |
| 2015 | 0 | Iran has its first nuclear weapon | Washington Post | 2005.08.02 |
| 2015 | 0 | Minnesota utilities required by law to get 15% of energy from renewable sources | Austin Daily Herald | 2007.09.13 |
| 2015 | 0 | Prototype vertical farm completed in Dongtan, China | Electric New paper | 2008.11.25 |
| 2015 | 0 | Thin-film photovoltaics market reaches $7.2 billion (7 times larger than in 2007) | Nanomarkets | 2007.08.06 |
| 2015 | 0 | 22 cities around the world have more than 10 million inhabitants | Daily Telegraph | 2007.09.03 |
| 2015 | 0 | India becomes world's third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide | International Energy Agency | 2007.11.07 |
| 2015 | 0 | China and Chile reach $60 billion in bilateral trade (double the 2011 amount) | Reuters | 2012.06.26 |
| 2015 | 0 | Permanent sarcophagus over Chernobyl power plant completed | Battelle | 2012.05.24 |
| 2015 | 0 | Production glut in solar panels levels out to match demand | Reuters | 2012.06.26 |
| 2015 | 0 | Federal Reserve considers raising interest rates above near-zero | Marketwatch | 2012.09.25 |
| 2016 | 1 | Auto sales in India reach 3,000,000 vehicles per year | Bloomberg | 2007.05.03 |
| 2016 | 1 | Ultra-HDTV debuts | PC Magazine | 2007.06.20 |
| 2016 | 1 | UK landfills full | The Guardian | 2007.04.27 |
| 2016 | 1 | US Air Force uses 50% synthetic (non-petroleum) fuels for aircraft | Air Force Times | 2007.07.23 |
| 2016 | 1 | Seniors (over 65) outnumber children (under 15) in South Korea | Korea Times | 2007.10.01 |
| 2016 | 1 | Energy production in British Columbia is carbon-neutral | CBC | 2007.10.01 |
| 2017 | 2 | China allows Hong Kong to democratically elect its chief executive | South China Morning Post | 2007.12.21 |
| 2017 | 2 | Domestic robots express emotions and provide companionship | Daily Telegraph | 2007.02.18 |
| 2017 | 2 | Second Life exceeds size of the Internet | The Register | 2007.08.01 |
| 2017 | 2 | All Canadian border guards armed with guns | The Economist | 2007.09.15 |
| 2017 | 2 | US produces 35 billion gallons of ethanol per year | National Research Council | 2007.10.10 |
| 2017 | 2 | First "vertical farm" (skyscraper for hydroponic production) constructed | Popular Science | 2007.07 |
| 2017 | 2 | US general aviation fleet exceeds 250,000 aircraft | FAA | 2005 |
| 2017 | 2 | US commercial airlines fly 1.256 trillion passenger miles | FAA | 2005 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5000 microjets in service in US airspace | FAA | 2005 |
| 2017 | 2 | GPS units become accurate to a matter of centimeters throughout the US | National Geodetic Survey | 2007.02.12 |
| 2018 | 3 | Stem cells routinely banked from extracted wisdom teeth | The Telegraph | 2008.08.22 |
| 2018 | 3 | China's GDP exceeds US GDP | The Independent | 2009.10.07 |
| 2018 | 3 | Completion of modernization program at O'Hare airport | FAA | 2005.10.30 |
| 2018 | 3 | US Air Force adds new long-range bomber | Government Executive | 2007.06.13 |
| 2018 | 3 | US power plants reduce sulfur dioxide emisions by 73% over 2002 levels | White House | 2002.02.14 |
| 2018 | 3 | Annual costs of cybersecurity breaches exceed benefits of connectivity | Fortune | 2015.09.15 |
| 2019 | 4 | Medicare trust fund exhausted | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2007.04.23 |
| 2019 | 4 | Demonstration of commercial-scale nuclear hydrogen production | Department of Energy | 2005 |
| 2019 | 4 | Flexible OLED screens reach mass market | PC Magazine | 2007.06.20 |
| 2019 | 4 | Cumulative shortfall in US drinking-water infrastructure investment reaches $100 billion | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2019 | 4 | Cumulative shortfall in US wastewater infrastructure investment reaches $120 billion | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2020 | 5 | 500,000 regular vehicles converted with hybrid-power retrofit kits | Automotive World | 2011.10.13 |
| 2020 | 5 | China launches orbiting space station | The Guardian | 2010.09.20 |
| 2020 | 5 | World "middle class" includes 3.2 billion people | Brookings Institution | 2010.03.15 |
| 2020 | 5 | China has more than 200 million automobiles | People's Daily | 2010.09.06 |
| 2020 | 5 | Qatar hosts World Cup | CBS News | 2011.03.24 |
| 2020 | 5 | US has world's largest number of college graduates annually | Deseret News | 2011.03.22 |
| 2020 | 5 | Four 1400-megawatt nuclear power plants completed for UAE | New York Times | 2009.12.27 |
| 2020 | 5 | 20% of all plastics in Japan come from renewable sources | Plastics Today | 2009.10.04 |
| 2020 | 5 | 75 million Africans suffer water shortages due to climate change | Nature Reports | 2007.07 |
| 2020 | 5 | Solar energy industry employs 2 million Americans | Newsweek | 2007.10.08 |
| 2020 | 5 | 20% of US teenagers are Latinos | National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy | 2003.04 |
| 2020 | 5 | Turkey becomes largest country in Europe | The Economist | 2007.03.15 |
| 2020 | 5 | All US aircraft equipped with ADS-B advanced air traffic and weather detection system | FAA | 2007.06.29 |
| 2020 | 5 | Self-piloted vehicles reach mainstream | Channel 4 | 2005.08.03 |
| 2020 | 5 | Texas has high-speed rail system linking Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio | Daily Texan | 2009.02.02 |
| 2020 | 5 | Russia launches independent space station | Daily Tech | 2009.02.03 |
| 2020 | 5 | Maritime sector becomes largest source of major air pollutants in Europe | EU Commission | 2005.09.21 |
| 2020 | 5 | Scotland's population enters long-term decline | General Register Office for Scotland | 2005.10.20 |
| 2020 | 5 | UK builds 3 million additional homes over 2007 levels | London Evening Standard | 2007.09.14 |
| 2020 | 5 | China places a robotic rover on the moon | BBC News | 2005.08.12 |
| 2020 | 5 | Substantially all US urban wastewater infrastructure built under Clean Water Act reaches end of useful life | Environmental Protection Agency | 2006.09.29 |
| 2020 | 5 | NASA's Orion spacecraft carries out first manned trip to Moon | NASA | 2007.08.08 |
| 2020 | 5 | Ireland gets 500 megawatts of electricity from wave power | The Guardian | 2007.09.20 |
| 2020 | 5 | Australia begins withdrawing money from sovereign development fund | ANZ Investment Bank | 2007.06.27 |
| 2020 | 5 | Commercialization of vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells | US Department of Energy | 2005.12 |
| 2020 | 5 | All new homes in France are built to be energy self-sufficient | Agence France-Presse | 2007.09.27 |
| 2020 | 5 | Launch date for asteroid interceptor with nuclear warheads | Flight International | 2007.08.03 |
| 2020 | 5 | Connecticut law requires 20% of all energy in state to come from renewable sources | Mass High Tech | 2009.02.03 |
| 2020 | 5 | China employs 7.7 million people in auto industry | China Economic Net | 2007.09.14 |
| 2020 | 5 | Germany gets 25% of its energy from renewable sources | Washington Post | 2007.05.05 |
| 2020 | 5 | 120 million passengers pass through Heathrow Airport every year | Times of London | 2007.11.22 |
| 2020 | 5 | F-16 fighters reach end of useful life in USAF | The Hill | 2009.02.03 |
| 2020 | 5 | Britain has 195,000 residential wind turbines generating electricity | Daily Telegraph | 2008.11.24 |
| 2020 | 5 | Coca-Cola invests $5 billion in product development and distribution in India (2012-2020) | Bloomberg Businessweek | 2012.06.26 |
| 2020 | 5 | Peak US domestic oil output | Reuters | 2012.06.25 |
| 2020 | 5 | North Dakota's population reaches 800,000 to accommodate oil boom | Jamestown (ND) Sun | 2012.09.25 |
| 2020 | 5 | China spends 2.5% of GDP on research and development | Marketwatch | 2012.09.23 |
| 2020 | 5 | Summer Olympics in Tokyo | NBC Sports | 2015.09.18 |
| 2021 | 6 | China has 23 million single males | Texas A&M University | 2005.09 |
| 2021 | 6 | Iran sends its first astronaut to space | The National (Abu Dhabi) | 2009.02.04 |
| 2022 | 7 | India has 150 million skilled workers | Times of India | 2010.09.20 |
| 2022 | 7 | Annual increase in life expectancy exceeds 365 days | Reason Magazine | 2007.07.27 |
| 2022 | 7 | Geni project creates alternative to conventional Internet | The Guardian | 2007.08.01 |
| 2022 | 7 | Federal law mandates production of 36 billion gallons of biofuels per year | FarmWeek | 2007.12.20 |
| 2022 | 7 | Ken Burns's contract with PBS goes up for renewal | PBS | 2007.01.13 |
| 2023 | 8 | Australia raises pension-eligibility age to 67 | Herald Sun | 2009.12.28 |
| 2023 | 8 | US domestic oil reserves exhausted | National Petroleum Council | 2007.07.18 |
| 2023 | 8 | Computers with equivalent to human brain capacity sell for $1,000 | The Guardian | 2003.09.23 |
| 2023 | 8 | Dutch company attempts to settle colonists on Mars for reality show | Space.com | 2012.06.26 |
| 2023 | 8 | First flight of new "Orion" manned spacecraft | USA Today | 2015.09.17 |
| 2024 | 9 | Universal access to basic sewage treatment in Brazil | International Water and Sanitation Centre | 2006.02.07 |
| 2024 | 9 | US establishes permanent manned base on Moon | CNN | 2006.12.05 |
| 2025 | 10 | US automotive fleets to meet mandatory average fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon | San Antonio Express-News | 2011.10.12 |
| 2025 | 10 | China puts an astronaut on the Moon | The Guardian | 2010.09.20 |
| 2025 | 10 | Kinshasa, Zaire, has world's largest single-city population of children under age 15 | Financial Times | 2011.03.24 |
| 2025 | 10 | Bridgeport, Connecticut, has highest US GDP per capita | San Francisco Chronicle | 2011.03.24 |
| 2025 | 10 | Britain opens 250-mph rail line between London and West Midlands | BBC News | 2009.12.27 |
| 2025 | 10 | 75% of obese people worldwide live in developing nations | The East African | 2009.12.28 |
| 2025 | 10 | Mag-lev trains connect major cities in Japan | Engadget | 2008.01.01 |
| 2025 | 10 | 75% of Americans live in coastal counties | NOAA | 2000 |
| 2025 | 10 | Health care takes up 25% of US GDP | Wall Street Journal | 2008.11.24 |
| 2025 | 10 | India's population exceeds China's | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2025 | 10 | Minnesota utilities required by law to get 30% of energy from renewable sources | Austin Daily Herald | 2007.09.13 |
| 2025 | 10 | 25% of electricity in Minnesota comes from renewable sources | Winona Daily News | 2008.09.07 |
| 2025 | 10 | US faces shortage of 500,000 registered nurses | Muskogee (OK) Daily Phoenix | 2008.09.06 |
| 2025 | 10 | India becomes world's third-largest net importer of oil | MeriNews | 2007.11.10 |
| 2025 | 10 | ESA conducts human mission to the Moon | European Space Agency | 2002.10.11 |
| 2025 | 10 | Two-thirds of world population faces water shortages | The Futurist | 2007.07 |
| 2025 | 10 | One-third of people on Earth suffer water shortages | Albany Times-Union | 2008.09.07 |
| 2025 | 10 | Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and sites found nationwide in the US | US Department of Energy | 2005.12 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0.6% of adults in US infected with HIV/AIDS | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2025 | 10 | End of first phase of four-team college football playoff | ESPN | 2012.06.27 |
| 2025 | 10 | World's tallest building reaches one mile high | Houston Chronicle | 2012.09.25 |
| 2026 | 11 | Maximum expected life of original Chernobyl containment structure | International Atomic Energy Agency | 2006 |
| 2026 | 11 | High-resolution recording of an individual's entire life experience | Daily Telegraph | 2006.12.13 |
| 2026 | 11 | Las Vegas metro population reaches 3.3 million | Nevada State Demographer's Office | 2006.07 |
| 2027 | 12 | Oil prices reach $150 per barrel | The Independent | 2007.09.17 |
| 2027 | 12 | China's GDP exceeds US GDP | The Economist | 2007.06.28 |
| 2028 | 13 | Medicare and Medicaid consume 10% of US GDP | Congressional Budget Office | 2007.07.25 |
| 2028 | 13 | Medicare expenditures exceed Social Security expenditures | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2008.03.25 |
| 2029 | 14 | Dementia affects 1.4 million people in Britain | Times of London | 2009.02.04 |
| 2029 | 14 | Youngest Baby Boomers reach age 65 | US Census Bureau | 2006.01.03 |
| 2029 | 14 | Computers reach equivalency with human brain power | BBC News | 2008.02.16 |
| 2030 | 15 | World "middle class" includes 4.9 billion people | Brookings Institution | 2010.03.15 |
| 2030 | 15 | Chinese global trade exceeds US global trade | BBC News | 2011.03.24 |
| 2030 | 15 | Brazil, Russia, India, and China account for half of world GDP | Xinhua | 2011.03.24 |
| 2030 | 15 | Coal accounts for 29% of world energy supply | The Telegraph | 2009.12.27 |
| 2030 | 15 | Ratio of non-working pensioners to working taxpayers reaches 2:1 in Canada | Calgary Herald | 2009.12.27 |
| 2030 | 15 | Number of nuclear power plants worldwide reaches 860 (double the number in 2009) | JoongAng Daily | 2009.12.28 |
| 2030 | 15 | World's urban population reaches one billion | Daily Telegraph | 2009.12.28 |
| 2030 | 15 | 350 million people worldwide have diabetes | Indian Express | 2009.10.07 |
| 2030 | 15 | Wind provides 20% of US electricity | Montana State University | 2008.10.14 |
| 2030 | 15 | 80% of world's population lives in developing countries | UN Population Fund | 2007 |
| 2030 | 15 | Mormons make up less than 50% of Utah's population | Salt Lake Tribune | 2007.11.19 |
| 2030 | 15 | 5 billion people live in cities worldwide | International Herald Tribune | 2007.09.28 |
| 2030 | 15 | 5 million Americans live in nursing homes | Chicago Tribune | 2007.11.18 |
| 2030 | 15 | Japan inaugurates manned moon base | Discover Magazine | 2006.11.28 |
| 2030 | 15 | Thames Barrier effectiveness falls to half of design capacity | UK Environment Agency | 2007 |
| 2030 | 15 | EU gets 50% of its natural gas from Russia | The Economist | 2007.09.13 |
| 2030 | 15 | Photovoltaic solar energy is price-competitive with any other low-emissions generation technology | PhysOrg | 2005.11.16 |
| 2030 | 15 | Inter-city train service in UAE starts service in bid to discourage construction of skyscrapers | Gulf News | 2007.09.13 |
| 2030 | 15 | Florida's population reaches 28.6 million | Orlando Business Journal | 2007.11.19 |
| 2030 | 15 | Road traffic in Japan is 2.6% lower than in 2005 due to falling birthrates and rising ages | Japan Times | 2008.11.27 |
| 2030 | 15 | 65% of European energy comes from imports | International Herald Tribune | 2007.09.19 |
| 2030 | 15 | US corn production averages 300 bushels per acre | Ethanol Producer | 2007.10 |
| 2030 | 15 | Ozone levels in low atmosphere cause widespread respiratory problems | Institute of Physics | 2005.06.08 |
| 2030 | 15 | World oil demand exceeds 2008 levels by 35% | Marketwatch | 2008.06.10 |
| 2030 | 15 | China has 270 million vehicles on the road | Wired | 2007.11.07 |
| 2030 | 15 | California has high-speed rail system connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles | California High-Speed Rail Authority | 2008.11 |
| 2030 | 15 | ESA conducts first human mission to Mars | European Space Agency | 2006.01.09 |
| 2030 | 15 | Global electricity demand is double that of 2009 | Gulf News | 2009.02.03 |
| 2030 | 15 | US inflation rate reaches 4% per year | Newsweek | 2007.09.24 |
| 2030 | 15 | Ratio of workers to retirees is 2:1 in Europe | European Parliament | 2008.11.25 |
| 2030 | 15 | US electricity consumption 45% above 2005 levels | Energy Information Administration | 2007.02 |
| 2030 | 15 | Russia has 40 more nuclear reactors than in 2007 | Radio Free Europe | 2007.09.29 |
| 2030 | 15 | China's per-capita emissions of carbon dioxide exceed those of western Europe | International Energy Agency | 2007.11.07 |
| 2030 | 15 | Jamaica achieves 'developed nation' status | Government of Jamaica | 2007.01 |
| 2030 | 15 | Fossil fuels provide 75% of world energy | National Petroleum Council | 2007.07.18 |
| 2030 | 15 | Biofuels supply 4% of world road fuel | International Energy Agency | 2006 |
| 2030 | 15 | One-third of world relies on primary biofuels (like wood and charcoal) for most energy | International Energy Agency | 2006 |
| 2030 | 15 | Internet access regularly reaches 50% of world population | The Hindu | 2009.02.04 |
| 2030 | 15 | World oil demand reaches plateau | Statoil | 2012.06.21 |
| 2030 | 15 | Death rates from cancer fall by almost 20% from 2010 levels | The Independent | 2012.09.25 |
| 2030 | 15 | Cities occupy three times their land area in 2012 | Discovery News | 2012.09.24 |
| 2030 | 15 | More than half of the people in 39 states will be obese | Fox News | 2012.09.18 |
| 2030 | 15 | Royal Dutch Shell begins offshore oil and gas drilling in the US Arctic | The Hill | 2015.09.18 |
| 2030 | 15 | California gets 50% of electricity from renewable sources | Scientific American | 2015.09.17 |
| 2030 | 15 | Europe gets 25% of electricity from wind power | Clean Technica | 2015.09.16 |
| 2031 | 16 | 100% of population growth in Canada comes from immigration | Vancouver 24 | 2007.10.26 |
| 2031 | 16 | UK population rises to 71 million | Office of National Statistics | 2007.10.23 |
| 2031 | 16 | 34 million people live in Mumbai metro area | Economic Times | 2007.09.28 |
| 2031 | 16 | Married adults a minority in England | The Guardian | 2005.09.30 |
| 2032 | 17 | Shortages force per-capita water consumption in Sydney to fall by half of 2007 levels | Daily Telegraph | 2007.08.30 |
| 2032 | 17 | 50th anniversary of EPCOT Center | 2719 Hyperion | 2007.07.24 |
| 2032 | 17 | Half of new cars in the US will be fully electric | Reuters | 2012.06.23 |
| 2033 | 18 | China's population reaches 1.5 billion | The Guardian | 2008.02.28 |
| 2035 | 20 | India has 373 million vehicles on the road | Economic Times | 2009.12.28 |
| 2035 | 20 | EU population peaks at 521 million | International Herald Tribune | 2008.08.26 |
| 2035 | 20 | China reaches "large-scale utilization" of solar energy | Meridian Institute | 2009.02.03 |
| 2036 | 21 | Average Australian baby weighs 10 pounds at birth | News.com.au | 2008.06.11 |
| 2036 | 21 | US telephone numbers exhausted | North American Numbering Plan Administration | 2006.10 |
| 2036 | 21 | Near-Earth passage of asteroid Apophis | NASA JPL | 2006.10.19 |
| 2036 | 21 | Bacteriophages widely used to prevent food-borne infections | ABC News | 2006.11.02 |
| 2040 | 25 | US population reaches 400 million | USA Today | 2007.09.12 |
| 2040 | 25 | Russia runs out of oil profits | RIA Novosti | 2008.06.03 |
| 2040 | 25 | Computer processors reach parity with human brain capacity | Metro Halifax | 2009.02.03 |
| 2040 | 25 | Neurodegenerative conditions overtake cancer as world's leading cause of death | Science Daily | 2008.06.10 |
| 2040 | 25 | Middle class in southern and eastern Asia totals 2 billion people | Motley Fool | 2007.10.25 |
| 2040 | 25 | HCFCs eliminated worldwide under Montreal Protocol | United Nations | 2007.09.13 |
| 2040 | 25 | California's population reaches 60 million | Brentwood Press | 2007.09.29 |
| 2040 | 25 | Global warming eliminates most Arctic sea ice | National Geographic | 2006.12.12 |
| 2040 | 25 | World oil production peaks | Times of London | 2009.02.03 |
| 2040 | 25 | Texas state population reaches 50 million | Daily Texan | 2009.02.02 |
| 2040 | 25 | Natural gas demand increases by 60% over 2012 levels | Statoil | 2012.06.21 |
| 2040 | 25 | Fossil fuels provide 73% of world energy | Statoil | 2012.06.21 |
| 2040 | 25 | 75% of cars will be self-piloted | Forbes | 2012.09.25 |
| 2040 | 25 | Dallas and Austin recycle more than 80% of metropolitan solid waste | Texas Tribune | 2012.09.21 |
| 2040 | 25 | Average temperatures in California 4 to 5 degrees hotter than in 2015 | KPCC | 2015.09.14 |
| 2040 | 25 | Atlanta metro region has 8 million residents | Atlanta Business Chronicle | 2015.09.10 |
| 2040 | 25 | Reservoirs in Washington, DC metro could be over-stretched by demand | NBC4 Washington | 2015.09.09 |
| 2041 | 26 | Social Security trust fund exhausted | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2008.03.25 |
| 2042 | 27 | United States has no racial majority | NPR | 2009.10.06 |
| 2045 | 30 | US Postal Service has $1 trillion in unfunded liabilities for health care | Miami Herald | 2008.06.06 |
| 2045 | 30 | Global life expectancy reaches 75 years | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2046 | 31 | Oldest Baby Boomers reach age 100 | US Census Bureau | 2006.01.03 |
| 2047 | 32 | 25% of Australian population is over age 65 | Herald Sun | 2009.12.28 |
| 2047 | 32 | Hong Kong's status as special administrative region of China expires | Heritage Foundation | 2007 |
| 2048 | 33 | Ozone layer returns to pre-1980 levels over most of planet | Daily Mail | 2010.09.20 |
| 2048 | 33 | India overtakes China as world's largest economy (with United States 3rd) | Plastics and Rubber Weekly | 2012.09.17 |
| 2049 | 34 | China's national goal to become a world technological power | Chinese Radio International | 2012.09.23 |
| 2050 | 35 | China and India represent 50% of world's "middle-class" consumption | Brookings Institution | 2010.03.15 |
| 2050 | 35 | Robots beat the best human soccer players in the world | The Register | 2010.09.14 |
| 2050 | 35 | India's economy reaches third-largest in world | Times of India | 2010.09.17 |
| 2050 | 35 | South Korea is fifth-largest producer of "green" energy products | JoongAng Daily | 2009.12.28 |
| 2050 | 35 | Half of people in developed nations are over age 40 | Daily Telegraph | 2008.11.27 |
| 2050 | 35 | 100 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's | Hartford Courant | 2008.09.07 |
| 2050 | 35 | India has 51 million people over age 80 | Times of India | 2007.09.30 |
| 2050 | 35 | 50% of agricultural lands in Latin America lost to desertification and salinization | Nature Reports | 2007.07 |
| 2050 | 35 | Biofuels account for 13% of liquid fuels in the US | MIT Technology Review | 2007.09.13 |
| 2050 | 35 | Netherlands surrenders 222,000 acres of land to new river floodplains | National Geographic | 2001.09.04 |
| 2050 | 35 | Russia's population falls below 100 million | Radio Free Europe | 2006.05.19 |
| 2050 | 35 | Minnesota utilities required by law to get 80% of energy from renewable sources | Austin Daily Herald | 2007.09.13 |
| 2050 | 35 | Average age in European Union is 49 | European Parliament | 2008.11.25 |
| 2050 | 35 | One-third of EU residents are over age 65 | BBC News | 2007.09.13 |
| 2050 | 35 | 20% of Americans are over age 65 | Washington Post | 2008.11.22 |
| 2050 | 35 | World population reaches 9.2 billion | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2050 | 35 | 48.3 million Americans have diabetes | WISN-TV | 2008.10.14 |
| 2050 | 35 | Earliest expected date for the B-52 to be retired from the US Air Force | Air Force Link | 2007.10 |
| 2050 | 35 | China plans to gain 'electronic dominance' over rival nations, including the US | Times of London | 2007.09.08 |
| 2050 | 35 | Medicare and Medicaid consume 20% of US GDP | Congressional Budget Office | 2007.07.25 |
| 2050 | 35 | Japan's population falls below 100 million | New York Times | 2005.12.17 |
| 2050 | 35 | Two-thirds of all existing US structures less than 40 years old | Los Angeles Times | 2007.09.21 |
| 2050 | 35 | Antarctic ozone hole repaired | BBC News | 2000.12.03 |
| 2050 | 35 | India's GDP exceeds US GDP | The Economist | 2007.06.28 |
| 2050 | 35 | Pensions absorb 25% of GDP in Greece | Kathimerini | 2007.11.10 |
| 2050 | 35 | 25% of US population is of Hispanic origin | USDA | 2007.09.19 |
| 2050 | 35 | 17% of world population will be over age 65 | US Census Bureau | 2012.06.27 |
| 2050 | 35 | Micro-manufacturing and artisan brands eclipse mainstream brand names | Marketing Magazine | 2012.09.20 |
| 2050 | 35 | Lab-grown organs found in widespread medical use | Portland Business Journal | 2015.09.17 |
| 2050 | 35 | 40% of people in Japan, South Korea, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are over age 60 | Bloomberg | 2015.09.08 |
| 2052 | 37 | Computers will express consciousness, feelings, and personalities | CNet | 2012.09.21 |
| 2060 | 45 | Ocean acidification reduces Maine's shellfish harvest by 25% over early-2000s levels | MaineBiz | 2009.10.05 |
| 2060 | 45 | Irish population exceeds pre-famine levels | Irish Herald | 2008.08.27 |
| 2060 | 45 | First fighter aircraft designed and built in India reaches production | India Defence | 2007.10.25 |
| 2060 | 45 | Irish women reach average life expectancy of 91 years | Irish Independent | 2007.10.18 |
| 2060 | 45 | UK has the largest population of any country in Europe | Press Association | 2008.08.27 |
| 2060 | 45 | Temperatures in Los Angeles area rise by 4 to 5 degrees over 2012 levels | Los Angeles Times | 2012.06.21 |
| 2061 | 46 | African middle class reaches one billion people | Wall Street Journal | 2011.10.13 |
| 2061 | 46 | 27% of population of New Zealand is over age 65 | New Zealand Herald | 2009.12.28 |
| 2066 | 51 | Half a million people in the UK are over age 100 | The Guardian | 2010.12.30 |
| 2067 | 52 | New York subway system reaches "good condition" based upon repair rates of 2015 | WPIX | 2015.09.03 |
| 2070 | 55 | Himalayan glaciers 40% smaller than in early 2000s | The Guardian | 2009.10.04 |
| 2070 | 55 | Vietnam completely cleared of mines from civil war | VietNamNet | 2008.08.17 |
| 2070 | 55 | Autonomous police cars patrol streets | Silicon.com | 2008.08.13 |
| 2073 | 58 | Ozone layer returns to pre-1980 levels over entire planet, including poles | Daily Mail | 2010.09.20 |
| 2075 | 60 | Health-care spending reaches 46.2% of US GDP | Congressional Budget Office | 2007.11 |
| 2080 | 65 | 20% decline in world food production potential over 2007 levels due to global warming | Voice of America | 2007.09.13 |
| 2080 | 65 | British women reach an average life expectancy of 100 years | The Telegraph | 2007.01.10 |
| 2082 | 67 | Health care takes up 49% of US GDP | Wall Street Journal | 2008.11.24 |
| 2082 | 67 | Robotic police officers with human-like features | TechRadar.com | 2008.08.12 |
| 2090 | 75 | Aspen trees extinct in Rocky Mountains due to "sudden aspen decline" | Treehugger | 2009.09.26 |
| 2090 | 75 | Worldwide temperatures average 7°F above 1990s | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | 2007.02.05 |
| 2100 | 85 | Sea levels rise by 43 inches over levels in 2000 | BBC News | 2007.03.01 |
| 2100 | 85 | Quebec's pure Francophone population falls to 4 million | Montreal Gazette | 2007.09.27 |
| 2100 | 85 | Japan gets 53% of electricity from nuclear power plants | Japan Times | 2008.11.27 |
| 2105 | 90 | Arctic Ocean becomes seasonally ice-free | University of Arizona | 2005.08.22 |
