Dataset pertaining to 'The required public electric vehicle charger population in Scotland under different future scenarios', published in npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport. Includes data underlying Figures 2 and 3 and Scotland grid partitioning layer packages for each accessible-distance. Attribute tables of each layer include the 2022 census population within each hexagonal grid. Note that for accessible-distances of 1km, 2km and 3km, 'null' values for hexagons outwith Scottish borders are included in the layers.