Malinao, officially the Municipality of Malinao, is a municipality in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. The population was 45,301 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 28,843 registered voters. ^ Census of Population. "Region V ". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016. ^ "2016 National and Local Elections Statistics". Commission on Elections. 2016.