Methods and apparatuses for inter prediction are disclosed. The method comprises: constructing a merging candidate list of a current picture block; when a number of merging candidates in the merging candidate list is less than a maximum number of candidates minus N, adding at least one history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) candidate to the merging candidate list to obtain a new merging candidate list, wherein N is a positive integer; obtaining motion information of the current picture block based on the new merging candidate list; and determining a predicted block of the current picture block based on the motion information of the current picture block.