Shillong: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that India is the third largest passport issuing country after China and the US.

"India accounts for 14 per cent of passport issuance and is the third largest passport issuing country after China and the US, with over 5.7 crore passports users in the country," Swaraj said at the inaugural function of a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) here in her recorded speech as her helicopter could not land in the city due to bad weather.