The invention relates to a composite electric wire and a manufacturing method thereof. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to obtain a composite electric wire having strong conductivity and high plasticity. A conductive layer (3) is disposed around a central core wire (2), and an insulating coating layer (4) is provided around the conductive layer (3), thereby forming a composite electric wire having an outer diameter of about 500 mm. The core wire (2) is formed by twisting, for example, four center wires (2a-2d), and each center wire (2a-2d) is formed by twisting, for example, strands composed of 48 aramid fibers. The diameter of the strands is, for example, 12 [mu] m, and the diameter of the core wire (2) is about 200 [mu] m. As the conductive layer (3), 12 copper wires (3a), for example, having a diameter of 80 [mu] m, are closely wound around the core wire (2) in a spiral shape, and the peripheries of the copper wires (3a) are formed into a circle by tightening. Furthermore, the copper wires (3a) are covered by a tin layer (3b), which is a low-melting-point metal, with a thickness of several [mu] m, and the copper wires (3a) are adhered to each other by the tin layer (3b).