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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, earnings per share were as follows:
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share |  | Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share |  | Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share
Basic EPS | $ | 2,400 |  |  | 870.6 |  |  | $ | 2.76 |  |  | $ | 2,024 |  |  | 881.8 |  |  | $ | 2.30 |  |  | $ | 2,441 |  |  | 891.8 |  |  | $ | 2.74 |
Stock options and restricted stock units |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.6 |  |  |  |
Diluted EPS | $ | 2,400 |  |  | 873.0 |  |  | $ | 2.75 |  |  | $ | 2,024 |  |  | 887.8 |  |  | $ | 2.28 |  |  | $ | 2,441 |  |  | 898.4 |  |  | $ | 2.72 |

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