<page_title> List of cities in Germany by population </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Cologne (Köln) <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> <cell> Düsseldorf <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> <cell> Dortmund <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> <cell> Essen <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> <cell> Duisburg <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16 <col_header> 2015 rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Bochum <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> North Rhine-Westphalia <col_header> State </col_header> </cell> </table>
Bochum is the sixth largest city of the most populous German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Bochum ranks behind Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg, and is the 16th largest city in all of Germany.