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Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Sep. 30, 2017
Sep. 30, 2018
Sep. 30, 2017
Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company        
Basic EPS $ 523 $ 607 $ 1,794 $ 1,701
Diluted EPS $ 523 $ 607 $ 1,794 $ 1,701
Shares        
Basic EPS (in shares) 868,800,000 880,700,000 871,900,000 883,000,000
Stock options and restricted stock units (in shares) 2,300,000 5,600,000 3,100,000 6,300,000
Diluted EPS (in shares) 871,100,000 886,300,000 875,000,000 889,300,000
Per Share        
Basic EPS (in dollars per share) $ 0.60 $ 0.69 [1] $ 2.06 $ 1.93 [1]
Diluted EPS (in dollars per share) $ 0.60 $ 0.68 [1] $ 2.05 $ 1.91 [1]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares) 17,373,432 9,502,329 16,602,521 9,209,060
[1] Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation as a result of the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.” For further information regarding the impact of the reclassification, see Note 1, Basis of Presentation, Note 3, Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Updated Accounting Policies and Note 13, Segment Information to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.