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Proposal for Profit Appropriation - Additional Information (Detail) | May 17, 2019 € / shares | Dec. 31, 2019 € / shares | Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares
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Common shares [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items] |  |  |
Par value per share |  | € 0.12 |
Common share B [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items] |  |  |
Par value per share | $ / shares |  |  | $ 0.12
Aegon N.V [member] | Common shares [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items] |  |  |
Par value per share |  | € 0.12 |
Aegon N.V [member] | Common shares [member] | Dividend Distributed [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends proposed as distributions to owners per share | € 0.16 |  |
Aegon N.V [member] | Common share B [member] | Dividend Distributed [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends proposed as distributions to owners per share | € 0.004 |  |

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