Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Rental revenues	$ 527,574	$ 476,865	$ 426,549	$ 427,901	$ 433,568	$ 416,427	$ 447,960	$ 439,884	$ 1,858,889	$ 1,737,839	$ 1,734,844
Rental recoveries	151,621	132,109	118,130	128,042	117,081	114,755	128,417	127,049	529,902	487,302	485,565
Total revenues	807,085	682,432	621,276	693,656	619,922	602,874	766,183	629,155	2,804,449	2,618,134	2,533,135
Rental expenses	(177,194)	(147,184)	(133,329)	(142,941)	(140,338)	(128,735)	(147,794)	(152,656)	(600,648)	(569,523)	(568,870)
Operating income	241,080	181,521	187,294	237,107	158,417	175,491	275,272	161,886	847,002	771,066	668,378
Consolidated net earnings	690,490	375,520	364,991	391,959	338,873	913,417	287,980	220,689	1,822,960	1,760,959	1,292,540
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders/unit holders	$ 596,568	$ 346,345	$ 334,611	$ 365,902	$ 295,515	$ 876,218	$ 266,943	$ 203,255	$ 1,643,426	$ 1,641,931	$ 1,203,218
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Basic	$ 0.95	$ 0.60	$ 0.63	$ 0.69	$ 0.56	$ 1.65	$ 0.50	$ 0.38	$ 2.90	$ 3.10	$ 2.29
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Diluted	$ 0.94	$ 0.60	$ 0.62	$ 0.68	$ 0.55	$ 1.63	$ 0.50	$ 0.38	$ 2.87	$ 3.06	$ 2.27
Prologis, L.P. [Member]
Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Rental revenues	$ 527,574	$ 476,865	$ 426,549	$ 427,901	$ 433,568	$ 416,427	$ 447,960	$ 439,884
Rental recoveries	151,621	132,109	118,130	128,042	117,081	114,755	128,417	127,049
Total revenues	807,085	682,432	621,276	693,656	619,922	602,874	766,183	629,155
Rental expenses	(177,194)	(147,184)	(133,329)	(142,941)	(140,338)	(128,735)	(147,794)	(152,656)
Operating income	241,080	181,521	187,294	237,107	158,417	175,491	275,272	161,886
Consolidated net earnings	690,490	375,520	364,991	391,959	338,873	913,417	287,980	220,689
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders/unit holders	$ 614,490	$ 356,765	$ 344,633	$ 376,425	$ 303,416	$ 900,331	$ 274,320	$ 208,878
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Basic	$ 0.95	$ 0.60	$ 0.63	$ 0.69	$ 0.56	$ 1.65	$ 0.50	$ 0.38
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Diluted	$ 0.94	$ 0.60	$ 0.62	$ 0.68	$ 0.55	$ 1.63	$ 0.50	$ 0.38