15% of people worldwide believe the world will end in their lifetime, according to a 2012 survey of 20 countries. Results vary by country, with 22% of Americans and 6% of French participants expressing this belief. Younger participants showed higher rates of worry.
According to a survey of 20 countries in 2012, about 15% of people believe that the world will end in their lifetime. The survey included 16,262 people from various countries such as China, Russia, Japan, the United States, Spain, Australia, Great Britain, Indonesia and Germany. One in seven people who took part in the survey expressed their belief that the end of the world is near. However, results vary from country to country. For example, 22% of survey participants from the United States said the world will end in their lifetime, while only 6% of survey participants from France feel the same way. The survey also showed higher rates of worry about the end of the world among participants younger than 35.
Read more about end-of-the-world predictions:
About 10% of people thought the world would end on December 21, 2012, the end date of the Mayan calendar.
According to a poll published in Newsweek on November 1, 1999, 45% of Christians believe that the world will end in Armageddon, in a battle between Jesus and the antichrist.
There have been perhaps 100 or more incorrect predictions of the date of the end of the world since the first century AD
Protect your devices with Threat Protection by NordVPN
