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Earnings Per Common Unit - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2013	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		308,522,990	298,739,382	68,461,157
Incremental net income from assumed exchange of Carlyle Holdings partnership units, Diluted		$ (32,100)	$ (69,300)	$ 0
Weighted-average vested Carlyle Holdings partnership units
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Carlyle Holdings partnership units deemed antidilutive (in shares)		222,183,911	216,943,053
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		222,183,911	216,943,053	0
Antidilutive securities excluded (in shares)			3,978,436
Incremental Anti Dilutive Shares Outstanding Subsidiary				229,187,953
Unvested Carlyle Holdings partnership units
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		293,619	7,272,394	0
AlpInvest
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Additional ownership percentage acquired in the current year	40.00%
Common units issued to AlpInvest employees that are subject to vesting conditions (in shares)	914,087
AlpInvest \| Unvested Carlyle Holdings partnership units
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		38,911