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Not in any context I can think of. Assuming it's something like "This is 5 years shorter than that," then no. If you contract the word "is" to emphasize casual speech, you might see "Five years 's shorter than ten."

There is an apostrophe in "Five years' worth of work". (The worth of work of five years.)

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