Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Rental revenues	$ 987,810	$ 980,148	$ 944,366	$ 878,807	$ 723,857	$ 710,465	$ 700,689	$ 696,807	$ 3,791,131	$ 2,831,818	$ 2,388,791
Total revenues	1,111,597	1,082,773	1,266,124	978,241	826,016	942,181	790,372	772,052	4,438,735	3,330,621	2,804,449
Rental expenses	(246,846)	(245,490)	(232,109)	(227,618)	(184,196)	(180,864)	(181,138)	(188,068)	(952,063)	(734,266)	(600,648)
Gains on dispositions of development properties and land, net	81,569	134,207	86,416	162,750	164,260	63,935	196,941	42,441	464,942	467,577	469,817
Gains on other dispositions of investments in real estate, net	67,838	108,927	43,939	31,491	157,841	59,379	27,254	145,767	252,195	390,241	371,179
Operating income	482,380	556,520	611,987	468,057	559,640	471,480	442,056	376,590	2,118,944	1,849,766	1,687,998
Consolidated net earnings	308,007	332,521	454,938	521,164	426,242	491,013	410,826	373,765	1,616,630	1,701,846	1,822,960
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders/unit holders	$ 280,470	$ 298,695	$ 404,539	$ 489,418	$ 385,480	$ 450,639	$ 383,784	$ 347,047	$ 1,473,122	$ 1,566,950	$ 1,643,426
Net earnings per share/unit attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Basic	$ 0.38	$ 0.40	$ 0.55	$ 0.70	$ 0.61	$ 0.71	$ 0.61	$ 0.55	$ 2.02	$ 2.48	$ 2.90
Net earnings per share/unit attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Diluted	$ 0.38	$ 0.40	$ 0.54	$ 0.70	$ 0.61	$ 0.71	$ 0.60	$ 0.55	$ 2.01	$ 2.46	$ 2.87
Prologis, L.P. [Member]
Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Rental revenues	$ 987,810	$ 980,148	$ 944,366	$ 878,807	$ 723,857	$ 710,465	$ 700,689	$ 696,807
Total revenues	1,111,597	1,082,773	1,266,124	978,241	826,016	942,181	790,372	772,052
Rental expenses	(246,846)	(245,490)	(232,109)	(227,618)	(184,196)	(180,864)	(181,138)	(188,068)
Gains on dispositions of development properties and land, net	81,569	134,207	86,416	162,750	164,260	63,935	196,941	42,441
Gains on other dispositions of investments in real estate, net	67,838	108,927	43,939	31,491	157,841	59,379	27,254	145,767
Operating income	482,380	556,520	611,987	468,057	559,640	471,480	442,056	376,590
Consolidated net earnings	308,007	332,521	454,938	521,164	426,242	491,013	410,826	373,765
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders/unit holders	$ 288,097	$ 307,069	$ 416,189	$ 503,388	$ 396,527	$ 463,997	$ 395,470	$ 357,621
Net earnings per share/unit attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Basic	$ 0.38	$ 0.40	$ 0.55	$ 0.70	$ 0.61	$ 0.71	$ 0.61	$ 0.55
Net earnings per share/unit attributable to common stockholders/unitholders - Diluted	$ 0.38	$ 0.40	$ 0.54	$ 0.70	$ 0.61	$ 0.71	$ 0.60	$ 0.55