International SEO: can I choose only certain pages for subfolder?

[JBMediaGroup]

For a client we are discussing international SEO options. I have pushed against CCTLD because they do not have the resources to manage multiple sites.

Instead we want to go the subfolder route: .com/uk/  My question is whether we can properly create a subfolder version that only includes a handful of pages rather than the whole site - so 5-10 pages vs 4k. Is that possible? I'd love your thoughts. International SEO is not my strong suit.

Also - if the subfolder for .com/uk/ content is almost entirely the same as the us-based .com is that a problem?

Thanks!

[JamesCrossland]

Href lang tags are your friend here

I've got a site set up as .com (our global catch all) .com/uk .com/us and .com/de

Get the tags right and you're golden - having fewer pages wont matter either it'll just be a lot less exposure/SEO in those countries