With the permanent resident population of Zhuzhou City from 1993 to 2012 as sample data, analyzes the change of the resident population data in Zhuzhou City, and using the linear regression method, the quadratic exponential smoothing method and GM（1,1） model forecasting method, predicts Zhuzhou City's permanent population data of 2013—2020, and obtains the permanent population growth forecast data in Zhuzhou City in next 8 years. According to the prediction, puts forward the related proposals for dealing with the problems of the future resident population growth of Zhuzhou City.