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Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items]      
Internal-use software $ 1,300,000,000us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross $ 1,100,000,000us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross  
Depreciation expense 3,616,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 2,460,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 1,653,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Amortization of property and equipment acquired under capital leases 1,500,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfLeasedAsset 826,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfLeasedAsset 510,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfLeasedAsset
Gross assets remaining under capital leases 7,900,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross 4,200,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross  
Accumulated depreciation associated with capital leases 3,300,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation 1,900,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation  
Gross assets remaining under finance leases 1,400,000,000amzn_FinanceLeasedAssetsGross 578,000,000amzn_FinanceLeasedAssetsGross  
Accumulated depreciation associated with finance leases 87,000,000amzn_FinanceLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsbyMajorClassAccumulatedDepreciation 22,000,000amzn_FinanceLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsbyMajorClassAccumulatedDepreciation  
Cash paid For interest on capital and finance leases $ 86,000,000amzn_CashPaidForInterestCapitalandFinanceLeases $ 41,000,000amzn_CashPaidForInterestCapitalandFinanceLeases $ 51,000,000amzn_CashPaidForInterestCapitalandFinanceLeases