It will happen. I've been hearing more and more of a solar storm, several times stronger than the one from 1859 (which, for the reference, rendered all telegraphs in Europe and North America useless, even causing some to spark, and also caused a whole lot of other trouble) that will hit the Earth soon (no precise data exists, but the range is within a few years). The consequences will be severe for humanity and it's civilization. When the storm happens, you can forget about your phones, PCs, GPS, fridges and pretty much any and all electrical equipment. We'll be, at best, thrown back to medieval times, and at worst, to the stone age. And that does not even include the vast number of people who'll die or get injured as a result of being at a wrong place, at a wrong time, under the wrong circumstances (traffic accidents, electrical equipment sparking up likely causing fires, jewelry overheating etc), nor does it include the absolute economic annihilation (because the money is more and more digitalized through bank accounts and credit cards, and paper is not all that useful, all money apart from coins and metals will cease to hold any value).
Now, what will the civilization look like when the storm is over? Think of the world from Fallout video-games, minus the sci-fi, nuclear weapons, radiation and mutated monsters.
As for the human population, think of the population growth in the last 15-20 decades. The exact opposite will happen.
And as for the human social structure, governments will likely still exist, but will not be as powerful and influental as they are now. People will tribalize in order to increase the odds of survival. Suvivalism skills (cooking, healing and weaponry, all based on primitive materials and resources) will be highly valued and treasured. Those who are left on their own will resort to either prospecting (scavenging), trading or raiding.
But ultimately, it is for the good. Civilization is unnatural, fragile, and therefore, doomed to collapse, whether by a strong solar storm or by something else. It attempts to elevate man above Nature and to conquer it, inevitably ruining both in the process.
“Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph” - Robert E. Howard