the version used in 2025 :

import geopandas as gpd
import geodatasets
world_path = geodatasets.get_path('naturalearth.land')
world = gpd.read_file(world_path)
world

no longer has the pop_est column. Please provide some recommendations to make it look similar to the old one:

gpd.read_file(gpd.datasets.get_path('naturalearth_lowres'))