According to Iseljenici otoka Brača by K. Derado and I. Čizmić (Brački Zbornik 13, 1982), 712 persons emigrated from Bol in the time period from 1864 to 1940. It was economic emigration, in contrast to the emigration during and after the Second World War which was political predominantly. As high as this emigration was for a settlement of population below two thousand, it has to be noticed that this is recorded, legal emigration only - while illegal was also high.

Age distribution of the emigrants relates well with the personal maturity, ages 22 to 26, while the peak at age 18 reflects the legal requirement for a personal decision on emigration. Male to female ratio of emigrants was roughly three to one, with somewhat more mature female emigrants (average age of 26.9 years) than male (24.5).