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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, earnings per share were as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| 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 | $ | 2,695 |  |  | 856.8 |  |  | $ | 3.15 |  |  | $ | 2,367 |  |  | 859.1 |  |  | $ | 2.76 |  |  | $ | 2,400 |  |  | 870.6 |  |  | $ | 2.76 |
Stock options and restricted stock units |  |  | 2.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |
Diluted EPS | $ | 2,695 |  |  | 859.3 |  |  | $ | 3.14 |  |  | $ | 2,367 |  |  | 861.1 |  |  | $ | 2.75 |  |  | $ | 2,400 |  |  | 873.0 |  |  | $ | 2.75 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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