National Institute on Aging These gains have not been universal; the average life expectancy in the world's least developed countries is still about 61.. But overall, people are living longer.

Data gathered between 1996 to 2001 and 2012 to 2020 shows that in B.C., men's life expectancy rose from 44 to 68 years old, while the life expectancy for women only rose from 42 to 61 years old.