Earnings Per Common Unit - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		298,739,382	68,461,157	278,250,489
Incremental net income from assumed exchange of Carlyle Holdings partnership units, Diluted		$ (69,300,000)		$ 465,880,000
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)		216,943,053
Weighted-average common units outstanding, Diluted (in shares)		216,943,053	0	211,225,760
Carlyle Holdings partnership units deemed dilutive (in shares)				211,225,760
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)		7,272,394	0	16,365,798
Carlyle Holdings partnership units deemed dilutive (in shares)				16,365,798
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)		766,991