Explore all civilizations and leaders in Civilization VI, from America and China to Russia and Egypt. Choose your favorite and lead your civilization to victory!We show you all the civilizations and leaders of Civilization VI and the main differences between each one.
In this Civilization VI guide we are going to show you all the current civilizations and leaders in the game . Each civilization can have several leaders, and these have unique passive abilities, making the gameplay in each game always something new. With the passage of expansions such as Rise & Fall or Gathering Storm, several new civilizations have been added, keep that in mind. This is the largest Sid Meier’s Civilization game in the franchise in this section.
All civilizations and leaders in Civilization VI.
Currently in Civilization VI we can find 49 civilizations , but with more than 50 different leaders , since we have several in many civilizations, so we vary between different abilities of the leader and his civilization. In the table that you will see below you have their abilities, special units and special buildings for each civilization.
| Civilization | Leader(s) | Exclusive Skill | Special unit | Special infrastructure |
| Germany | – Frederick Barbarossa – Ludwig II |
Imperial cities | German submarine | Hansa |
| Arabia | – Saladin (vizier) – Saladin (sultan) |
The last prophet | Mamleuco | Madrasah |
| Araucania | Lautaro | Toqui | Raider of the raid | Chemamull |
| Australia | John Curtin | Antipodes | Digger | Outback Station |
| Babylon | Hammurabi | Enuma Anu Enlil | Sabum Kibittum | Palgum |
| Byzantium | Basil II | Taxis | Dromon | Racecourse |
| Brazil | Peter II | Amazonia | Battleship Minas Gerais | Street carnival |
| Canada | Wilfrid Laurier | Four Faces of Peace | Mounted | Hockey Rink |
| China | – Qin Shi Huang – Qin (unifier) - Kublai Khan – Wu Zetian – Yongle |
Dynastic cycle | Crouching Tiger | Great Wall |
| Congo | – Nzinga Mvemba – Nzinga Mbande |
Nkisi | Ngao Mbemba | M’banza |
| Korea | Seondeok | Three Kingdoms | Hwacha | Seowon |
| Egypt | – Cleopatra – Cleopatra – Ramses II |
Iteru | Archer on maryannu chariot | Sphinx |
| Ethiopia | Menelik II | Legacy of Aksum | Oromo Cavalry | Church Carved in Rock |
| Scythia | Tomiris | The people of the steppes | Sace horse archer | Kurgan |
| Scotland | Robert I of Scotland | Scottish Illumination | Highlander | Golf course |
| Spain | Philip II | Treasure fleet | Conqueror | Mission |
| USA | – Teddy Roosevelt – Abraham Lincoln |
Founding Fathers | P-51 Mustang | Film studio |
| Phoenicia | Dido | Mediterranean colonies | Bireme | Cotton |
| France | – Catherine de Medici – Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Grand Tour | Imperial Guard | Château |
| Gaul | Ambiorix | Hallstatt culture | Gesata | Oppidum |
| Georgia | Tamara | Strength in unity | Khevsur | Tsikhe |
| Greece | – Pericles – Gorgo |
Plato’s Republic | Hoplite | Acropolis |
| Great Colombia | Simon Bolivar | Patriot Army | Plainsman | Tax authorities |
| Holland | Wilhelmina | Great Rivers | From Zeven Province | Polder |
| Hungary | Matthias Corvino | Pearl of the Danube | Hussar | Thermal Bath |
| Imp. Azteca | Montezuma | The legend of the five suns | Eagle Warrior | Tlachtli |
| Incas | Pachacutec | Mita | Warak’aq | Cultivation Terrace |
| India | – Gandhi – Chandragupta |
Dharma | Varu | Stepped well |
| Indonesia | Guitar | Greater Nusantara | Young | Camp |
| England | – Victoria – Eleanor of Aquitaine |
British Museum | Sea dog | Royal Navy Dockyard |
| Japan | – Hōjō Tokimune – Tokugawa |
Meiji Restoration | Samurai | Electronic device factory |
| Khmer | Jayavarman | Great Barriers | Domrey | Prasat |
| Macedonia | Alexander | Hellenistic fusion | Hypaspist | Basilikoi Praides |
| Mali | Gentle Musa | Songs of Jeli | Mandekalu Cavalry | Suguba |
| Maori | Kupe | Manna | Toa | Marae |
| Mongolia | – Genghis Khan – Kublai Khan |
Örtöö | Keshig | Ordu |
| Norway | Harald Haardrade | Knarr | Berserk | Stavkirke |
| Nubia | Amanitore | Ta-Seti | Pitati archer | Nubian pyramid |
| Ottomans | Suleiman | Great Turkish Bombardment | Barbary Corsair | Grand Bazaar |
| Persia | Cyrus | Satrapies | Immortal | Pairi-Daeza |
| Poland | Hedwig | Golden freedom | Winged Hussar | Cloth Hall |
| Portugal | John III | House of India | Nao | School of Navigation |
| Rome | – Trajan – Julius Caesar |
All roads lead to Rome | Legion | Hot Springs |
| Russia | Peter | Mother Russia | Cossack | Laura |
| Sweden | Cristina | Nobel Prize | Caroline | Open Air Museum |
| Sumerian | Gilgamesh | Epic Quests | War chariot | Ziggurat |
| Cri Earth | Poundmaker | Nîhithaw | Okihtcitaw | Mekewap |
| Vietnam | Ba Trien | Nine Dragons of the River Delta | I’m not a fan of you | Thanh |
| Zululand | Shaka | Isibongo | Impi | Ikanda |
If you are looking to complete the game at 100% there are several achievements or trophies directly related to certain civilizations, so it will be inevitable to play with almost all of them to unlock everything.