Here are more predictions on future demographic shifts:

• Eight countries—Bangladesh, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the United States, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—will account for half of all global population growth through the year 2050.

• Children now 10 and younger may grow up in a world where the introduction of genetic medicines and therapies could help them live to at least 120. Among the changes needed to accommodate this older population: revised interiors and furniture, such as on airplanes.

SOURCE: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

More predictions on future economic trends:

• By the year 2025, the so-called “ BRIC economies”—Brazil, Russia, India and China—could account for more than half the size of the G6 countries’ economies (United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France and Italy).

• The world will see a 50 percent increase in energy demand by the year 2025, driven largely by China’s explosive growth.

SOURCES: GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, CENTER FOR
STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES