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NOTES PAYABLE - Additional Information (Details)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 09, 2015
series
Mar. 31, 2015
Senior notes
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
2.40% senior notes due March 2020
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
2.40% senior notes due March 2020
JPY (¥)
Mar. 31, 2015
3.25% senior notes due March 2025
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
3.25% senior notes due March 2025
JPY (¥)
Mar. 31, 2015
Notes Payable
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
$50 million dollar line of credit
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
$100 million dollar line of credit
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Line of Credit
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
50 billion yen line of credit
JPY (¥)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                      
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$ 100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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  ¥ 50,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= afl_FiftybillionyenlineofcreditMember
Number of Series of Senior Notes Issued Through a U.S. Public Debt Offering 2afl_NumberOfSeriesOfSeniorNotesIssuedThroughUSPublicDebtOffering                    
Debt Instrument, Face Amount   1,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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550,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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  450,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= afl_SeniorNotesThreePointTwoFivePercentDueMarchTwentyTwentyFiveMember
           
Debt Instrument Effective Principal Amount After Cross Currency Swap       67,000,000,000afl_DebtInstrumentEffectivePrincipalAmountAfterCrossCurrencySwap
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= afl_SeniorNotesTwoPointFourZeroPercentDueMarchTwentyTwentyMember
  55,000,000,000afl_DebtInstrumentEffectivePrincipalAmountAfterCrossCurrencySwap
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= afl_SeniorNotesThreePointTwoFivePercentDueMarchTwentyTwentyFiveMember
         
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage     2.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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2.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= afl_SeniorNotesThreePointTwoFivePercentDueMarchTwentyTwentyFiveMember
         
Debt Instrument, Term     5 years 5 years 10 years 10 years          
Debt Instrument Effective Interest Rate Percentage After Interest Rate Swap     0.24%afl_DebtInstrumentEffectiveInterestRatePercentageAfterInterestRateSwap
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0.24%afl_DebtInstrumentEffectiveInterestRatePercentageAfterInterestRateSwap
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0.82%afl_DebtInstrumentEffectiveInterestRatePercentageAfterInterestRateSwap
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0.82%afl_DebtInstrumentEffectiveInterestRatePercentageAfterInterestRateSwap
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= afl_SeniorNotesThreePointTwoFivePercentDueMarchTwentyTwentyFiveMember
         
Line of credit facility, interest rate description               Borrowings will bear interest at the rate quoted by the bank and agreed upon at the time of making such loan and will have a three-month maturity period. Borrowings will bear interest at the rate quoted by the bank and agreed upon at the time of making such loan and will have a three-month maturity period.   Borrowings will bear interest at LIBOR plus the applicable margin of 1.125%
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage                     0.125%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= afl_FiftybillionyenlineofcreditMember
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding               0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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= afl_FiftymilliondollarlineofcreditMember
0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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= afl_OnehundredmilliondollarlineofcreditMember
  0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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= afl_FiftybillionyenlineofcreditMember
Debt instrument, debt default, amount             $ 0us-gaap_DebtDefaultLongtermDebtAmount
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= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
    $ 0us-gaap_DebtDefaultLongtermDebtAmount
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