The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for efficiently performing encoding and decoding of an information bit in a wireless communication system. The present disclosure relates to an operation method of a transmitting terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating padding bits on the basis of information bits; generating an input bit sequence including the padding bits and the information bits; generating a message by encoding the input bit sequence by using a polar code; and transmitting the message.