Would it be possible to add a function to download GPW's population count data?

[coconn41]

Currently, geodata only has a function for downloading the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) population density data via: geodata::population(). Is it possible to get the GPW population count data added as a function, or perhaps an argument within the population() call? This would be very helpful for some reproducible code I am trying to write.