The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a paging message in a mobile communication system and, more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for determining a priority between paging messages at a wireless access point and paging a terminal. A method for paging a wireless access point in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of paging messages from a core network; determining a priority between the plurality of paging messages; and transmitting the paging message to a terminal on the basis of the determined priority, wherein information on a number of paging attempts included in the paging messages is used for determining the priorities. The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system that will be provided to support higher data rates than a post-4G communication system such as LTE.