Which of the following countries has the highest Hindu population after India?

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Step 1: Recognize we compare absolute Hindu populations (not percentages).

Step 2: Estimate Hindu populations for each country using approximate total population and Hindu share:

- Nepal: population ≈ $30$ million, Hindus ≈ $81\%$ ⇒ $0.81	imes30	ext{ million}\approx24.3	ext{ million}$.
- Sri Lanka: population ≈ $21$ million, Hindus ≈ $12\%$ ⇒ $0.12	imes21	ext{ million}\approx2.5	ext{ million}$.
- Myanmar: population ≈ $54$ million, Hindus ≈ $1\%$ (or less) ⇒ $0.01	imes54	ext{ million}\approx0.5	ext{ million}$.
- Bhutan: population ≈ $0.8$ million, Hindus ≈ $11\%$ ⇒ $0.11	imes0.8	ext{ million}\approx0.088	ext{ million}$.

Step 3: Compare the estimated absolute numbers: Nepal (~24.3 million) is far larger than Sri Lanka (~2.5M), Myanmar (~0.5M), or Bhutan (~0.088M). Therefore Nepal has the highest Hindu population among the options.

FINAL_ANSWER: d

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