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Equity (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jul. 31, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jul. 31, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2015
Quarterly dividend approved by Board prior to payment, per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.125 us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare | $ 0.10 us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare | $ 0.10 us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare | $ 0.0525 us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare |
Dividends declared | $ 140.6 us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash | $ 96.8 us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash | $ 67.7 us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash |  |  |  |  |
Dividends paid | 101.9 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock | 96.8 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock | 70.1 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock |  |  |  |  |
2013 Stock Repurchase Program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program | 20,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = aph_StockRepurchaseProgram2013Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase of stock program, period | 2 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program | 11,428,610 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = aph_StockRepurchaseProgram2013Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments for shares repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program (in dollars) | $ 539.4 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = aph_StockRepurchaseProgram2013Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2015 Stock Repurchase Program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the current open-market stock repurchase program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = aph_StockRepurchaseProgram2015Member
Repurchase of stock program, period | 2 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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