Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Revenues
Investment income (loss)	$ 1,134,900,000	$ 584,100,000	$ 5,318,500,000	$ 72,400,000
Interest and other income	21,900,000	21,300,000	63,300,000	64,500,000
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds	62,100,000	56,300,000	185,300,000	164,500,000
Total revenues	1,639,500,000	1,034,600,000	6,783,000,000	1,419,900,000
Compensation and benefits
Cash-based compensation and benefits	224,900,000	222,200,000	685,200,000	639,000,000.0
Equity-based compensation	42,400,000	18,700,000	122,000,000.0	78,300,000
Performance allocations and incentive fee related compensation	495,200,000	250,600,000	2,355,800,000	343,700,000
Total compensation and benefits	762,500,000	491,500,000	3,163,000,000	1,061,000,000
General, administrative and other expenses	99,600,000	91,100,000	300,400,000	240,900,000
Interest	27,900,000	23,000,000.0	76,400,000	72,800,000
Interest and other expenses of Consolidated Funds	44,600,000	37,200,000	133,500,000	122,100,000
Other non-operating expenses	3,500,000	600,000	1,000,000.0	1,300,000
Total expenses	938,100,000	643,400,000	3,674,300,000	1,498,100,000
Other income (loss)
Net investment income (loss) of Consolidated Funds	(100,000)	23,900,000	9,600,000	(38,900,000)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	701,300,000	415,100,000	3,118,300,000	(117,100,000)
Provision for income taxes	153,900,000	82,400,000	733,500,000	54,700,000
Net income (loss)	547,400,000	332,700,000	2,384,800,000	(171,800,000)
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in consolidated entities	14,600,000	37,200,000	57,700,000	(1,200,000)
Net income attributable to common shares	$ 532,800,000	$ 295,500,000	$ 2,327,100,000	$ (170,600,000)
Net income (loss) attributable to The Carlyle Group Inc. per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.50	$ 0.84	$ 6.56	$ (0.49)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.46	$ 0.82	$ 6.42	$ (0.49)
Weighted-average common shares
Basic (in shares)	355,954,734	351,567,631	354,903,371	349,468,329
Diluted (in shares)	364,740,675	358,405,845	362,471,998	349,468,329
Fund management fees
Revenues
Fund management fees and incentive fees	$ 407,500,000	$ 363,800,000	$ 1,182,900,000	$ 1,091,500,000
Incentive fees
Revenues
Fund management fees and incentive fees	13,100,000	9,100,000	33,000,000.0	27,000,000.0
Performance allocations
Revenues
Investment income (loss)	974,500,000	477,400,000	4,841,300,000	731,600,000
Principal investment income (loss)
Revenues
Investment income (loss)	$ 160,400,000	$ 106,700,000	$ 477,200,000	$ (659,200,000)